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Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Have you found a place to hang out in Duluth?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I was out with my girlfriend a couple weeks ago, tooling around Duluth. It was a Friday night. We’d finished dinner and were trying to think about what we should do.
I suggested going downtown to see what was going on in the burg. There was a concert going on, and we did some window shopping while we listened to music. I kind of felt old timey to me.
It was about 8:45, and we really didn’t want ice cream. I remembered my dad telling me about a new coffee shop in Duluth, so we set off to find it.
We soon came across the Main Street Coffee Shop. It was across the street from the theater, with the park behind it. The building itself was set off the sidewalk, a little away from the street, which left a little patio area in front of it, big enough for a gazebo and some tables. We went inside.
The folks there were really friendly. I had a latte with hazelnut syrup on it. The guy put some whipped cream in their, and shaped it so that it looked like a maple leaf. I thought that was really cool. The sign on the door said that they were closing at nine o’clock, but he said, “We’ll probably be here for awhile, so if you want some more just ask.”
We went outside and sat at one of the tables. There were several people on the patio, and a couple of people sitting on the bench is in the gazebo. All were drinking coffee, chatting, listening to the music coming from the park. I thought to myself that if we weren’t so American, this could almost be a scene from a street in Paris.
It would have been easy for me to miss had I been looking for the place. Main Street in Duluth is not easily accessible. There’s a lot of through traffic on Lawrenceville Street in the morning and in the evening, so it’s not an easy place for a commuter to stop in. In Norcross, parking is very accessible to the downtown. In Duluth, the traffic on Lawrenceville Street makes it very difficult to get in and out. It seems to me like this could be something that the city Council should be able to address one of these days.
I would have to say that my experience was a good one. I look forward to going there again, perhaps on a Sunday, when I can grab a cup, sit on the bench in the park, read a book, watch people, and enjoy the day.
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