Coffee Talk - Cafe Angelina in Metairie

I've mentioned this place in passing before, but it's worth repeating. Cafe Angelina, at W. Esplanade and Transcontinental in Metairie, is a true gem. It's nowhere near as crowded as the CC's on Veterans as a rule, and definitely more friendly and less noisy than Caffee Caffee on Clearview and W. Esplanade.

Cafe Angelina has an Italian theme, and the background music is a neat mix of traditional Italian songs, Louis Prima, Dean Martin, etc. It's clean and well-lit. It's very suburban (it's in a strip mall, after all, near the Robert's grocery), so it's lacking in "unique" character to that extent.

The coffee is pretty good. They don't have coffee w/chicory, but their dark roast will do fine. They've also got a full kitchen, doing breakfast, lunch and dinner. They've got anything from coffee cake and muffins for breakfast to a full plate of eggs, sausage, and grits.

To sum it up, I like this place because:

1. the coffee is good
2. it's got wireless internet
3. they're not opposed to me doing my work here -- at Caffe Caffe, they've got these "no studying" signs all over the place.
4. no blenders! one of the things that makes CC's or Starbucks so noisy is the number of blended drinks they make. Even at Starbucks, where they have acoustic covers for the blenders, it's nasty.

Cafe Angelina, give it a try when you're out in Metairie.