Spyhouse Coffeehouse

Posted by Adrienne on January 17, 2007

If the Blue Moon Coffee Cafe was the coffeehouse to reinforce my good decision to move to the Twin Cities, then Spyhouse was the coffeeshop that inspired me to move up here in the first place. I was vaguely familiar with only a couple parts of the cities – hard-edged midway St. Paul and cushy residential deep south Minneapolis. As much as I knew I wanted to move here, I was having trouble getting excited about such a city – where were the Neighborhoods? Where were the hip boutiques, the ethnic restaurants? Where was the bohemian street life I was used to in Madison? I drove around looking for apartments and doubting that this was the right place for me – until a light illuminated on a Nicollet Street corner in the form of a neon sign that read COFFEE. Stepping inside, I knew I was saved.

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