Red Horse Cafe

I recently discovered this place as well. However, I am not happy about the 75 cent surcharge I recieve for making my coffee iced and with soymilk. The owner gave me a snippy look when I asked why my coffee was so expensive. I'll continue to go there, but not as frequently as I had been.

Perhaps I'll see you there!

They use frozen coffee as their ice cubes in the iced coffee. genius.

cheflady wrote: Not in my coffee!!! I paid a quarter for a measly little scoop of ice out of a bag.

Hmm...that's unusual. I'm guessing they ran out at the time. Sorry you had such a bad experience--I love the place.

Their coffee is amazing. I make my coffee strong at home but theirs has this eye-opening quality that keeps me going back. :shock: The oatmeal cookies and choc chip are very good too.

no - the ice came from a bag like it was bought at a store.

However, i went in today and had an iced drink. the barista did not charge me for ice. it was the owner who did last week.

6th ave and what?

Subject: red horse

Sixth Ave and 12th Street - directly across the street from
Magnolia's

Brilliant!! Finally someone has caught on to reality that making coffee the way you want it shouldn't cost extra.

Subject: Re: Cafe

Mikey wrote: We just moved to that part of the neighborhood and went their twice. Both times a kid was working their and he was so listless and almost depressed that my wife and I both said we wouldn't be back. We went to the Patisserie this morning and the two woemn behind the counter were all smiles. It's key, owners. Get friendly people, even if they are pretending, to staff your stores. You don't need surly, especially to start the day.....

Just as a counterpoint... I have become a big fan of Red Horse (and their morning guy has always been super-friendly), but my friend and I thought we'd mix it up the other day and try Colson Patisserie. I really wanted to like this place - their pastries are fantastic, and their counterstaff were, as you say, all smiles. But the coffee was some of the WORST I've ever paid for, and the whole time we were sitting there, FLIES kept buzzing around us. My friend finally smashed two of them in the act of copulation ON OUR TABLE. And the woman behind the counter just kept on smiling...

Conclusion? Colson for pastries only, take-out only. I'll keep comfy, friendly, delicious, relatively un-crowded Red Horse Cafe for all my other coffee-shop needs.

Subject: ICED DRINKS

cheflady wrote: Now dont' get me wrong - I like the place, and I will continue to go there. But paying for ice is like paying for paper clips or staples in your documents. It's simply a cost of doing business that the business should figure into their bottom line - not a ploy to get rich off of their customers.

I think that when they make the iced drink, they only steam a little of milk to pour at the top of the drink, which means that there is a lot more milk on an iced drink that in a hot drink, where all the milk has been steamed. We all know that milk increases its volume when steamed, so you need less milk to fill up the cup. I've been getting their iced cappuccino every day and I noticed that a medium iced is made on a larger cup that a medium hot drink. So, an iced drink is made on a larger cup than a hot drink and needs more milk since it is not steamed. What I'm trying to say is that you are wrong if you think that they are charging you for the ice. You are getting a bigger drink, with more milk!

Isn't it common for cafes to charge more for iced drinks? I'm a cheapskate so I don't buy coffee out more than a few times a month, but I could swear that, when I get an iced coffee in the summer, it costs more than a regular coffee.

Also agree about Colson's: great pastry, coffee blows.