Next Sunday's review
Bliss Coffee & Wine Bar in Riverside is something of an oddity because it's a coffee house that opens at 6 a.m. and serves a continental breakfast, a wine bar and a full-fledged restaurant. That's a lot of directions for one place to go.
How successfully does Bliss manage it? Please read my review in next Sunday's Arts & Life Today section to find out.
I wonder, though, if this is something of a model for suburban coffee houses/wine bars. I say that on the basis of one other, in nearby Bel Air, which is basically a breakfast and lunch place that turns into a wine bar on Thursday and Friday nights. Nah, it must just be coincidence.
Comments
That area is Riverside not Riverdale.
Thanks. EL
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | July 27, 2008 11:13 AM
Check out Mayorga coffee house in Silver Spring. They've been open a couple years now and thrive not only from their own fresh roasted gourmet coffee but a bustling evening bar and nightlife activities like poetry readings, live music, etc. http://www.mayorgacoffee.com/
Their strength of course, being their in house roasted coffee. Bliss probably needs to beef up one end of the spectrum (coffee versus wine) so they are known for one as opposed to being a watered down version of both...just my opinion :)
Posted by: Rebss | July 29, 2008 7:56 AM