I was there this a.m. for the first time, and had a bit of a mixed experience. It is smallish and cozy, fairly busy on this Sunday a.m. I was with a small group after a training run.
I placed my order - lots of the food items looked good, but a bit pricey. I settled on a veggie breakfast burrito. I ordered it, and was informed that they were out of tortillas. She asked if I'd like a "naked burrito" - I noted that they were just across the parking lot from a King Soopers, so the tortilla issue should not be a big deal to remedy. She did not respond.
I settled for a breakfast panini. They brought a panini different than the one I ordered. Figured it was not worth the trouble to try to fix that. It was okay, the bread/bun was a bit too hard after being grilled, but it was filling and tasty. Seems like they could put more on it than just the egg and sausage patty. A bit of cheese? Some sort of sauce, veggies, an option for some condiments?
Someone else in our group ordered another item I considered - the puff pastry with prosciutto and fig jam, served with a balsamic reduction. Very rich, very tasty. A bit pricey. Will definitely try that next time. Another person got the granola/yogurt parfait, which was huge for $5 and used Noosa yogurt, the good stuff.
I also had an iced tea, $2 for unlimited refills. It was good, fresh, tasty, not too weak or strong. They served it in a Stella Artois glass, which looked nice, but had a functional problem -- with lots of ice (and they could have used less, since the tea was already brewed and stored in the cooler), when you got to the bottom 1/3 of the glass of tea, the ice stuck together at first, then broke loose and all came rushing at the mouth of the glass, spilling and making a mess. Might be solved by less ice, a different glass, perhaps using a straw (I'm not a straw guy).
Seems like there is a recurring theme here. When the owners are not there or not serving you, 9 out of 10 times I think the service is not good. That really stinks. This place is close to home and the coffee is pretty good, but I don't know how much
More of my money they will see, unless they change their ways
They serve real coffee for those of us Italians who know what real espresso should taste like-- the perfect pour of LavAzza!!!! They bake their goods inhouse. The almond biscotti is made with almond flour (gluten free) and is absolutely the best I ever had, the foccacia is yummy too.
The only drawback is that they are way the heck on the East side of town so I really never get to get over there, thats why only 4 stars lol.
We were on the hunt for a nice, simple breakfast. The place looked great inside. However, there were rolls and pastries right out in the open next to the register. I am not very fond of having every customer breathing on my food. Shouldn't it have been covered?
There were other items inside of a case though. We opted for a quiche lorraine. That's was excellent. Wonderful taste and presentation. We could not wait to get to our banana walnut bread, since the quiche was great. Unfortunately, it may have been the worst banana bread each of us has ever had. Again, beautiful presentation but it is almost as if there were no bananas in it. I did not taste any.
The atmosphere is great, the people who work there are extremely friendly. We will definitely give it another shot.
Genoa is my local coffee, err, wine, err, light snack... aw heck. it's my local joint. This little place is a great little stop for coffee in the morning, with plenty of pastries for your mornin' munchies. But I prefer to stop by on the way home for a glass of wine (love the $5 special) and the antipasto plate.
My favorite spot this time of year is by the faux fireplace with the couches. It's been a few years, but when I was working on a big crochet project, I'd sit here and chat and stitch.
In the summer, they have a small patio that my sweetie and I can be found at. They have free wifi, so when I was able to work "from home" (cough) this made a perfect satellite office.
One of my favorite hangouts are coffee shops. This has been true ever since I was old enough to actually order a cup of coffee and read the local weekly papers. The nights where we used to sit and sip on mochas, listening to spoken word were some of the best memories I have and the best of those were when we lived in Vegas (those were the days!) The atmosphere feels like home, the coffee is always amazing (much better than I can do with my ghetto drip at home) and the food is usually scrumptious.
Fort Collins has some great coffee shops that not only make me reminisce about my favorite coffee house days, but actually create more of those fabulous moments. Tonight happens to be one of them at Genoa Coffee and Wine.
I had no idea what I was going to order once I go to the counter, but once I saw the $5 wine special (Luis Bernard Cates-du-Rhone for the red and Valley Of The Moon Rosato di Sangiovese for white), I was all about it. Screaming kids will do that to you, you know. The girls working at the counter were fantastic. They were nice and helpful when I was asking about the red wine they had available. When they couldn't answer questions, they brought the bottle out for me to look over. Once I had decided on the red wine, I was asked if I wanted to start a tab. Cue the chorus of angles! I think I had a perma-smile for the rest of the night.
Overall, I think this place might be my second writing home. It's close to where I live, it's cute, warm, the food is decent and they have wine in addition to coffee. I'll write about my next experience after I come back again and try some more. Because I will absolutely come back!
What a great find! ... As the previous reviewer stated, don't judge this coffee shop from the outside.
After trying dozens of different espressos from the northen Colorado area... I cansay with confidence that the espresso at Genoa's is the best...
Combine your favorite drink with a fresh made panini or some homemade meatball pizza and you can not go wrong!
... Did I mention they have wine also? A weekly $5 special!
This is THE coffee shop to go to. Period.
From the outside this little place looks like your average mini mall coffee shop. Fortunately that is not the case.
It is a quaint coffee shop that serves a variety of pastries, breakfast burritos, bagels, sandwiches and salads. The scones & cinnamon rolls are baked fresh daily. They make all of the pastries and bagels there.
They have a wide variety of wine and a decent selection of beer. They also have a featured red & white wines of the week. A glass of the feature wine is only $5.00.
When you order your food they make it to order and will bring it to your table. They do not make you stand in a line like the fast pace corporate coffee shops. The atmosphere is calm and relaxed. This would be a perfect place for a college student to get some studying done. The best part is the awesome patio, where you can enjoy your food and surf the wi-fi.
This place is truly a gem hidden in Fort Collins.
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