Black Coffee

Coffee Cup

The little stretch of Bayou Road between Esplanade and Broad has always been interesting. There was old brick pavement, a little, run-down, business area, a couple of beautiful restored homes, a gourmet restaurant.

The gourmet restaurant looks closed now but he street has been in the news lately because the business section has been perked up with some paint and some new places that make it more interesting. One of these new places is Black Coffee.

(apology: seems like it would be hard to mess up pictures with the cameras and technology we have today but I did it. Most of my interior shots came out too blurry.)

The coffee shop is a small, clean, comfy space. More like a living room than a cafe. There’s a little “kitchenette,” a couch, armchairs, and a couple of tables. There is wi-fi and a fax machine is available. They pull their shots on a La San Marco. They have their own label for beans.

The barista was very nice and she pulled a tasty cappuccino for me.

My wife and I enjoyed our visit to Black Coffee. We will go back for another coffee and to get the rest of the pictures sometime.

The Caribbean restaurant across the street is getting a little buzz. We haven’t tried it but it’s on our list.

(The shop name is a little confusing: on their signage it’s blackcoffee.com but when they get a website the URL will be different. The shop name might be blackcoffee.com, or blackcoffee, but I’m not sure so I went with the most literal way to write it.)