My new favorite is the Date Squares, I stop by once or twice a week on my way home to grab one for dessert
I enjoy the food here and the coffee with friends in a morning meeting or just a visit. I often stop and buy a dessert on the way home in the evening. The Date square and apple pie are fantastic, very old school.
The cheesecake is good, but a bit heavy. . . again very old school. If you can find a spot on the patio its great people watching and they do have the capucino down pat. Very good.
I often stop by on my to work to grab a pastry for the office.
Nothing special. We had London fog and two deserts. London fog has vanilla flavor, I think it has sugar already. Deserts are ok. Outside patio was nice for people watching haha.
Purple Perk delivers decent diner food for a reasonable price. Got the Voodoo Burger which came with a lightly toasted bun, piles of melted Swiss cheese, blue cheese, and bacon. If there had been a little more blue cheese this burger would have kicked ass. Fries were great. I dig the tradeoff of a little self service for reasonable prices.
I love a neighbourhood coffee shop with a little character and sass! This place has great coffee (best soy Americano misto), plenty of interior seating, and a cute outdoor patio. Any of the sandwiches I've tried have been really good, and I love anywhere that has hot sauce readily accessible. The accompanying house chips are tasty too!
Only lost a point because although the bathroom seemed quite clean, there was a pretty strong pee smell.
I've visited Purple Perk twice so far. First time I got the pot stickers and the second time I got the Benny with mushrooms. The potstickers and the sauce that came with it was great. The Benny had too much sour cream but aside from that it was great. Service could have been better and it is very difficult to have a conversation in there as the noise level is too very high. Aside from that everything else was fine and I've heard their cakes are great. Maybe they could start selling fresh squeezed orange juice instead of selling Simply Juice.
First visit: Jan 2017
Second Visit: June 2017
This is a great coffee shop along 4th. As you can see in the pictures, their desserts are enormous, and delicious! They make some pretty good coffee too. We've been a few times and are bound to go again.
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Popular cafe in mission area with huge sized pastries!
Pro: decent price, big size pastries
Con: food, not enough place to sit
I have visited this cafe more than a few times and I love it here!
The best part about me is their pastries. It's all HUGE! Especially their cake is all pretty huge, it entertains my eyes! The taste of those pastries are pretty average, if you'd like actually decent pastries, there is great pastry shop a block away so I recommend you to go there instead lol. I think their florentines are decent. It's really thick so maybe not traditional style but it goes ok with coffee.
Their coffee is reasonable price and latte menu is a lot to chose from. Tea leaves they have boxes out for you to pick, it's very casual and easy style, I think.
The atmosphere of this cafe, it's very casual, very relaxing, surrounded by some art on the wall. I feel like always 1/3 of people are facing laptop and working on something. I do like that atmosphere a lot, but I see there is always someone waiting for seats. It's either they do not have enough seats or those PC working people dominate the big table and stay for long time. I do not mind but I feel bad for those people who cannot be seated so I usually ended up rushing(and cannot finish the cake!).
I like their espresso, it is very deep and bold. Sometimes I do not like acid in my espresso, I liked the one in here.
Overall, I definitely recommend you to go!
This a neat place on the 4th street strip, its an interesting menu, I enjoyed the atmosphere and the menu choices were good, the place was full and everyone seemed to be in good spirits for a Saturday morning, the counter persons were very informative , the food was good, great place to go on a weekend to help nurse the hang over.
Fantastic coffee and baking. The espresso brownies are to die for, as they are extremely sweet and moist. I would definitely recommend bringing a friend to help you eat the treats though, as they can be overwhelmingly sweet.
Overall a very cute cafe, would highly recommend.
Decent cafe food here, and their cakes are so tall! Definitely a great value if you want their cakes. The coffee and their drinks here are of a good standard while the service isn't always consistent. With warmer weather coming, the patio is a great way to enjoy a cup of london fog and try their sandwiches.
Good little coffee shop. Staff was friendly and it has a good vibe. Lots of seating inside, and a patio is built into the street during the summer.
I got a bagel and a chocolate frape, the bagel was super thin and small for $4. The frape was delicious.
Purple Perk has always been a great place to grab a coffee or a bite. Lots of options for a hot breakfast/lunch and a wide selection of baked goods.
It's a great place to have a solo coffee or meet with friends. If you're looking to have your coffee to stay, just be aware that it's a very popular spot and seating can be tight!
The coffee is great, and they have extensive options for syrups as well, including many that are sugar free. Today I had an americano misto and it was excellent, a great espresso flavour nicely balanced with a perfect amount of steamed milk.
I tried their "everything but the kitchen sink" muffin for the first time as well, but found it a bit underwhelming. While it was nice and moist with a lovely coconut topping, the batter was very plain and overwhelmed the muffin- it felt a bit light on the add-ins.
Ordered some lunch and it was amazing! Will certainly do so again. Very fresh and tasted tremendous . 👍🏻
Great vibe and friendly staff. Lots of selections for food and baked goods with reasonable price.
Great vibe, good food, and all around pretty great little spot. The lunch meals are worth the price but $16 for two coffees and two bagels? Maybe a little steep. Because of the nice atmosphere you don’t really realize it’s actually pricer than Starbucks.
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