Jay: CdA Shop Offered Friendship

I frequent coffee shops—the ones with baristas, not diners with waitresses named Flo ; and I like to be a regular because it’s often my first human encounter of the day and I like to start off my day with a friendly and familiar face. When I lived in Coeur d’ Alene, I used to frequent a little place on Main Street. The owner, a curmudgeonly middle-aged woman with marginal baking skills and, apparently, zero customer service skills, had the good sense to hire friendly, energetic front-of-house employees. The coffee was good, the food okay, but the staff was excellent. They engaged customers in genuine conversation. They didn’t wear name tags because we, customers and staff, were all on a first name basis. It was just friendly at first, then we became friends / Jay Baldwin. More here .

Question: Where do you drink your first cup of coffee of the day — at home, at work, at a coffee shop, from a coffee hut on the way to work? And/or: Which coffee shop is Jay describing in his post above?