My thoughts exactly. I knew it existed somewhere but it’s nowhere I need to be, so I drive.

Maybe in 15-20 years we’ll have the red line 🤷🏻‍♂️ not holding my breath though because in 15-20 years we’ll probably also have self driving cars available as a subscription service for about the same price.

Hmmm canton tends to be too crowded for me. I see something at guilford and swallow at the hallow

Mine are:

1. Ceremony
2. Order and Chaos
3. High Ground

Charmingtons is maybe one of the more convenient locations for someone on the go. But holy heck their inconsistency is wild. There was a large air of apathy for a while around 2019 but that seems to have softened lately.

I've never seen a sadder bagel in my life. Toasted? Roll the dice. Cream cheese? We'll run a brick of it on your bagel and see what sticks.

That said, they are worker owned and definitely do what they can to provide for employees and community.

Almost all of the bars in the City are opening early. I’d recommend the Canton square, Thames/Broadway, or S Charles St for the main action

Yeah I'm curious on that one. I've never seen them make one of those pots.

On a similar note, is a drip maker just an automatic pour over, functionally anyhow?

I love OneDo :( mind if I ask why you'd rank it so low?

I wonder how our experiences have been so different... my partner and I are regulars at the Mt. Vernon location, and the employees have been nothing but friendly and welcoming. If anything, that's the best part about going to Ceremony for me lol

I don’t see Zekes in anyone’s lists?

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Eh I hate to be disagreeable so I’ll rephrase in the form of a question… what did you like about charmingtons? I’m not implying anything bad about it, I enjoyed the experience but it is the definition of “okaiest”

1. Sophomore
2. Artifact
3. OneDo
4. Cafe Los Sueños
5. Daily Grind - for most affordable that isn’t Dunkin

Ranking by my usual order of black coffee—

1. Sophomore
2. Artifact
3. Ceremony

Best saturday morning sit around vibes goes to Baby’s on Fire (Mt. Vernon), although Dooby’s beats them for the coffee itself. Neither roasts in house, but the Dooby’s cups always taste fresher.

I question Bun Shop in any of these rankings for coffee. As somebody that moved to Mt. Vernon in their early 20s, obviously I was drawn to Bun Shop first but at some point I realized that better coffee existed elsewhere in the neighborhood and I haven’t been back since.

I grew up in Harford county and went into the city a lot. Didn’t know we even had an underground subway until I moved to west Baltimore county.

I’m a little shocked to see people saying common ground. I’ve never had a decent coffee from them. Always watery and…..just bad.

daily grind 8 years ago tho

charmingtons 5 years ago was really sick

La mill? Yeah they were pretty great. Lots of good folks worked there. Eff Atlas.

I know, right? I'd only learned it existed in like 2019. I rode it once.

Pie time. Their coffee is great and their breakfast specials have been on point.

Morning Mugs. I don’t work on that side of the city anymore, but they had good brew and a fun gimmick.

Vent has good coffee but the coffee shop is off the beaten path. Bonus points for having chocolate covered espresso beans.

Because I’m not seeing them here: blackacre in Lexington market has fantastic coffee and very friendly people

1. Sophomore Coffee
2. Vent
3. Bird in Hand

I didn’t realize Ceremony was so polarizing

Common Grounds regular coffee is week and overpriced

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