Plaine

nice little coffee shop (i don’t drink coffee but they have s nice selection of tea) located right next to a laundromat. tables out front under a cover and the menu is in scrabble tiles. love it. girl was super nice. i’m on a 45 day cross country trip and had the urge to ask if counter girl wanted to run away. that sounds kinda creepy but most definitely was not meant to be! sometimes certain people just impress upon you more than others as this trip is teaching me.

Cool coffee shop in Alpine. They have freshly roasted coffee and several drink options. They also have freshly made juices and several unique hot chocolate or flavored latte options. They have homemade ice cream and shakes. They don't have food other than a few pastries or granola. There's several places to sit inside and especially outside. I'd recommend for a morning coffee or afternoon spot for coffee and hang out.

It's a coffee shop with a small laundromat attached to it housed in an old gas station. Very unique premise. The coffee shop side is cute. The couch and other seating inside is welcoming and cozy enough to warrant the wait time for your drink. The espresso I ordered was adequate. The iced vanilla latte my fiancé ordered was equally adequate. It needed to be stirred; the syrup was all at the bottom. Oh well. Just set your expectations. It's a small coffee shop in a small town in the middle of nowhere. When we went in, there was only one girl working the counter, hence the long wait time. God bless her. The art on the walls is kitschy but cute. The walls themselves are austere. Evidence of Marfa's Minimalism influence. Outside under the canopy where gas pumps once dominated is seating for a food truck parked just outside the protection of the canopy. I guess it's open during the day. From what I hear from locals, the food served out of that truck is meh. Back inside the coffee shop, there's an ice cream counter where several flavors are served. Maybe opt for ice cream instead. In an area where the Petroleum industry has worked with rurality to flatten out the range of human creativity, it's nice to see instances where human creativity thrives in spite of the odds being stacked against it. A coffee shop-cum-laundromat with a food truck feature is just such an instance, and worth experiencing.

Lots of friendly folks stop here, met a older man who likes to travel across Texas in his corolla and sleep in abandoned buildings. It sounds strange explaining but have never met a man more down to earth, he let us copy his paper maps that he’s being using since the 80s with his marks of the stops he finds most beautiful to see.