Heights Coffee

I was very surprised and completely delighted to find such a well formulated post on dailyheights such as bkrindy's! Fine I used that joke already once. Sorry joke police.

You guys should be ashamed of yourselves, waking up every morning with your cynical views.
This post has become too incestial. You read too much into these posts. This isn't a philosophical debate. It's about a fuckin coffee house for your caffeine addicted Asses.
Were your childhoods tarnished with parental neglect? Maybe your posts should be directed to a psych-site.
Don't hate the player hate the game.
Just blame Ratner. I'm sure he's behind it.
Long live Ratner and his gated community

Anonymous wrote: This post has become too incestial.

Incestial isn't a word. The adjective for when you fucked your Mom is incestuous. The adjective for when we all fucked her is just GROSS. She is a total skank, by the way.

Alright, that's officially it!

Stop it with the mom fucking shit, I can match your ip so posting as a guest isn't going to do anything.

Anonymous G... let's go back to being the bigger man. it's getting a bit out of control. You gave as good as you got, but you should stop now.

It's a serious drag watching you guys beat each other off on a message board, so hey...take a hint.

Anonymous wrote: You guys should be ashamed of yourselves, waking up every morning with your cynical views.
This post has become too incestial. You read too much into these posts. This isn't a philosophical debate. It's about a fuckin coffee house for your caffeine addicted Asses.
Were your childhoods tarnished with parental neglect? Maybe your posts should be directed to a psych-site.
Don't hate the player hate the game.
Just blame Ratner. I'm sure he's behind it.
Long live Ratner and his gated community

People of Prospect Heights, can ya please take a deep breath. It's just a fucking coffee house. It's a nice place with good coffee, friendly staff and plenty of a.c to go round. Enjoy it for what it is. A quality coffee house right in your back yard

Another on-location post. I'm killing my Sunday afternoon here with an iced latte (good, but not as good as Half's... the power was out at Half, so the machine wasn't working). Heights is packed - nearly every seat filled. Good atmosphere, AC.

Two problems to fix. A) Flies. I'm sitting near the front and there are a handful of persistent little bastards banging around the windows. The door. There's no spring or lever to draw it closed after people pass through... and 20% of the folks who walk through the door just leave it open behind them. (Yeah, I'm that guy - getting up from my comfy seat every two minutes to shut the damn door. Arg!)

And yeah, the music (slow jams from 1999) could benefit from an adjustment.

Mmmm pee-flavored espresso.

Anonymous wrote: what's the story with muddy waters?

Check this thread and several others on this board. It's infamous.

Subject: Music

Heather M,
Not quite sure what tread you're referring to but I was at the coffee lounge today too and I think the music selection is just fine b/c I am not here for the misic. But I am just curious. What type of music would you like them to play?

Subject: Re: Music

Carnivore wrote: [quote=lovemynabe2]I think the music selection is just fine b/c I am not here for the misic.

That just doesn't make any sense.

When I was there they were playing some truly terrible contemporary R & B. Nauseating tuneless-crooner stuff. Why are you making me relive this, lovemynabe2? You're giving me PTSD! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

I've been there a number of times and most people I've spoken with like the music. No, it isn't "world lounge" or a heavy dose of "classical genre's" but then again if that is what your looking for you can always ride an elevator in a nice high rise or go to J.C Penny. A community cafe with a desire to be diffrent while setting a comfortable enviorment for everyone. It's a good look.

Come on, give tyboogie the benefit of the doubt here. I think it's a perfectly reasonable response. It's a comfortable hang-out spot, and while the music isn't my cup of tea, it's not terrible.

dailyheights wrote: Come on, give tyboogie the benefit of the doubt here. I think it's a perfectly reasonable response. It's a comfortable hang-out spot, and while the music isn't my cup of tea, it's not terrible.

It is terrible.

Terrible! :x

I have brought two friends from out of town it there specifically to try the muffins and both said they were the best muffins they'd ever had. My friend Catherine went so gag for them we had to go back three times during her two day visist.

The real deal is the one dollar day old baked goods basket. That's where the magic is at.

Subject: Re: Heights Coffee

dtbelgrave wrote: I moved from DC to Prospect Heights 3 months ago but hardly done any shopping in the area until last weekend. Went to Heights Coffee and felt really, really good about the place, their coffee and the atmosphere. I will be checking other places, but for now, this is the spot.
I have read the Heights thread and saw nothing unusual about the comments, except carnivore who seemed to have a definite bias.

I'll stop being "biased" when one of you pro-Heights Coffee posters registers or at least posts something somewhere about something other than Heights Coffee. Otherwise, I guess the main thing I should take away from all these recommendations is that Heights Coffee really appeals to people who have absolutely no interest in anything other than Heights Coffee!

Right on, Carni, my sentiments exactly. I think this place recreates the Starbucks experience, with slightly better coffee and ultra lousy pastries. Atmosphere is corporate design coffee shop. I'll continue to get my {deliciously strong} caffiene fix at Le Gamin in PH or Gorilla in PS.