Four Winds Coffee & Tea

Their tea is barely passable, but their priority is providing space for Christians to get together.  It's in the Christ Center.  Perfect for a church-going teenager and weird for probably everyone else.

I have seen several negative (or perhaps skeptical) reviews about this place due to it having a Christian "theme", so to speak, and I decided to chime in from my very neutral standpoint.  My angle here is coffee shops, nothing else.  I am not particularly religious.  Just want a place to chill and drink coffee.

I have been there I would guess 30-40 times since they opened, usually for a couple hours on weekend evenings to pass time while my other half is running around town shopping.  The things I like about this place are 1)no one can touch the hours this place is open, 2)it has several cool spots for meetings or to gel, and 3)it is to a fair degree wi-fi surfer friendly.  The coffee is mediocre, but hey, it's coffee.

I largely avoid sitting downstairs in the main area where most of the freaks hang out, and rather prefer to chill in one of the rooms upstairs, or if occupied, one of the meeting rooms.  I avoid interaction with others when there, and most of the time, this is a place where you can find privacy.  There are no doubt some religious wackjobs that hang out there, but I have found they are largely harmless.  Just your typical socially inept weirdos who have nothing to do, so they cling together and play yatzee and stupid stuff, or have their little bible meetings.  They sometimes have people playing creepy music and weird stuff like that, but I just chill in one of the side rooms and avoid the wackjobs.  I don't bother them, and they don't bother me, which is just how I like it.  I am there to drink coffee and surf the net and let some time go by.

So, if you are thinking "Oh man, a religious coffee shop.  Screw that."  Don't worry about it.  Just go in there, grab a coffee, and chill out.  No one will bother you.  No one will impose their views on you or try to save you.  Just chill.

I don't appreciate looking at pro-life propaganda with twisted little fetuses while I'm trying to get a damn cup of coffee. Which wasn't even particularly good.