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If you have patronized a corporate coffee shop in the last month, we encourage you to join our 12-step program to successfully wean yourself from the over-caffeinated beans of companies who daily contribute to globalization. Your first step in going local? Head straight to the newest local bean brewer in town and just try to get out of there unhappy. It can't be done. This coffee addict went into Lucy's Coffee and Espresso on a particularly painful Friday morning to be met with some of the friendliest staff this side of eight a.m. Successfully managing to avoid one sexy-looking pastry selection (but with serious self-restraint), I walked out a two-spot lighter with one giant, thick Americano in hand, a coupon for buy-one-get-one cheesecake (the only food I would need if marooned on a deserted island) and a frequent flyer card to affix to my keychain (swipe nine times and the 10th coffee is on the house). And if there were nothing else cool about Lucy's--forget the groovy music, pay no attention to the 100 percent fair trade coffee, ignore the dessert temptress--the fact that Lucy's set up shop a stone's throw from a store belonging to the world's most often-spotted corporate coffee makers is enough for them to win the cool kid award of the year. Brew on, Lucy's!
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In last week's News Shorts column we reported on the state's sudden desire to strip the Flicks Theater of its license to serve beer and wine. Patrons of the Flicks--whether they have been t...See the full content of this document
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