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The Living Room-A Flash Back

Rarely do you find a place that throws you back fifty years. At a time when Baby Boomers were just in college these places were more common and dotted college towns. The decades have reduced the mom & pop coffee shops and converted them to chains with only a small reflection of their once counter-culture existence. The Living Room located near Shelter Island offers a historic charm and place to gather.  In the 60’s style The Living Room offers a retro décor with their vinyl record covered walls and true coffee house experience. The furniture is old and dusty just like an academic would want. Each crack, scrape and nick on the furniture offers a snap shot into a person’s life story. Generations of people may have sat on some of chairs and wrote on some of the tables.    It is a great place to lounge and catch up on your work while still being in the public. Light rock music fills your ears while the smell of cappuccino permeates your nose. You can sit on the large de

Cafe Calabria - Just a bit of everything!

Café Calabria is one of those interesting establishments that has just about everything you want in the same place. During the morning, they serve breakfast, coffee in the day and evenings, and it transforms into a pizza parlor at night. With the large selection of different times for different tastes, it is doubtful that you will become bored anytime soon.  Beside the large selection of wine, they also have a wood burning pizza stove. Wood burning stoves create a much better product than gas stoves. Like the French oven, it affords an opportunity to smoke as well as cook your food. It is hard to find this type of cooking artisanship in today’s world.  The establishment has been ranked twice as some of the best coffee in San Diego. You can find that a wide assortment of coffees, lattes, teas and other drinks. If you are looking for something with a little zing in it, you can always try out some of the wine they carry on the rack.  Most importantly, the café has a s