What that article fails to mention, is that before the modern day coffee break, which was born out of the Industrial Revolution, workers had scheduled Stout breaks. Yes indeed, a nice frosty beverage to help you through that dreary industrial grind. It was the factory owners who originally encouraged the consumption of coffee over stout in hopes of gaining more productivity. As I recall, the book 'Food in History' has a big section on it.
I may be wrong, but I think the name was Barcalo, not Barcolo. The beautiful house that Mr. Barcalo built still stands in the Central Park neighborhood.
this area needs more quality conscience coffee roasters/cafes, dozens of drive thru donut chains serving thin insipid black water hardley makes a coffee town. Upscale restaurants are to blame too, often overlooking quality coffee as a part of an overall quality f&b program. Breakfast is tough in this town, not for good food, but trying to find a place that has good coffee, I'm almost tempted to bring my own.
Little cafe's promote foot traffic and liesure visits, exactly what downtown needs. Put one on almost every block downtown.
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