Jake Young Review of Eurasia Coffee and Tea
I patronized this place for probably the last time...
I patronized this place for probably the last time today. The baristas usually act like I'm a burden to them, and as much as I've tried to convince myself that I'm wrong about this, I was very sure when I left there today that I got that treatment because I didn't look as much like an ironic hipster as everyone else walking in the door and being treated kindly. I hate that and I hate to say it, but that's just the way it is. I come in wearing the clothes I wear to work in a kitchen and I really think that the staff think that I wandered over from Victory Mission. Now, the problem there is, so what if I did? I didn't, but that isn't the point. I also accept and understand that people who own businesses and operate places like this on Commercial Street probably deal with a lot of people coming in that aren't there for anything other than just to be indoors for a moment and it can probably get a little tedious. But... isn't this place operated by Assemblies of God or am I mistaken about that? They sure do want to help victims of human trafficking and all sorts of hot-button bandwagon causes, which are all very important, and I'd never try to say they're not, but we live in a city that has a lot of causes of its own and I feel like if you go into Eurasia looking like you might belong to one of those causes, you're going to get treated unfairly. Now, all that being said, the coffee is really good. The Food is Almost comically overpriced, and if you have a question about anything on the menu that you don't understand, be prepared for the Barista to treat you like an idiot. But maybe that was just me. Maybe I just looked particularly like an idiot. I certainly left feeling like I must have. I think we have too many really good places for coffee in Springfield to let any one place get away with that. I couldn't even get a thank-you or a good morning, and I realize that everyone has a bad day once in a while and that everyone has to sometimes really manufacture that smile when they work in public service. I know that not everyone is feeling it everyday, so if it was a one-off experience I could be a little more forgiving, but it's every time I go in there. I honestly felt bad all day after starting my morning at Eurasia today.
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