01/30/08

Good Coffee Shop, Small Improvements Needed

by WayneS2

I really enjoy spending time at Dominican Joe. The coffee is excellent and they have some decent snacks available. It has an excellent atmosphere 90% of the time. The other 10% of the time I find myself staring at whatever vagrant has stumbled in to the shop. It wouldn't be so distracting, except it seems to happen every time. And these aren't quiet, God-fearing homeless. These are clinically insane homeless that may or may not believe they are God. There are several that are regulars, one of which likes to see how long he can take to walk down the 4 steps in the middle of the coffee shop, as if he were in slow motion. I am sympathetic to the homeless and their problems, but only to the extent that I don't have to see or deal with them. Especially when they aren't spending money, they're just creaping out the patrons. Other than this, Dominican Joe is excellent.

• Pros: Great Coffee, Service and supports a great cause
• Cons: Homeless People. Maybe if they were dominican it would be ok? but they aren't

06/23/07

quiet cool coffee place

by pitcdbf10

This is a quiet, cool coffee place right off S Congress. I have been all over Austin, at lots of coffee places, and this one is one of the quietest. Free wireless, nice polite staff. They are so quiet I worry about their volume and how they pay their rent. Get the flan latte, as user below pointed to me, its outstanding.

There are homeless people all over Austin. Stop complaining - they come into every place, and every restaurant. If you dont like them, then go do some volunteer work.

• Pros: quiet - good coffee
• Cons: not much food. definitely need more snack stuff.

05/15/07

Good service

by ememo

Great coffee, good service, nice place to spend time. Do not agree with posting marked "bad homelss experience." Don't let that idiotic, narrow minded, self-centered individual's rating spoil opinion of this place. You really should check it out!