1369 Slides

I stopped at 1369 Coffee House (so named because their first location was at 1369 Cambridge St.) on my way home from the public library so I could get one of their frozen slides, which is basically a fruit icee type beverage. They come in coffee and fruit flavors, and they are the perfect sweet refresher during a muggy walk through Cambridge. They are also good for drinking while studying! I had the peach slide a couple of weeks ago, and tried the mango today. I think I prefer the peach; it's not as sickly sweet as the mango, although both actually taste like fruit, not like an artificial chemical mess.

1369 is the kind of neighborhood coffee place that attracts all types, which is fitting for a place located right in the heart of the People's Republic of Cambridge. You see everyone from the preppy, business-casual middle-aged men having some kind of meeting, to the woman working on a macrame cover for a glass bottle (?) to students to people who, while they may not be homeless, sure could use a shower (sometimes this category includes the people behind the counter too... not always, but sometimes). There is something for everyone at 1369- coffee for the coffee lovers, snacks for the hungry, oodles of exotic teas for the tea lovers (this is me), and even free wi-fi for the students and internet junkies. Not many neighborhoods in America have a hub, but I think that if there is a hub of the Central Square neighborhood (aside from the T stop), 1369 just might be it.