More Central NY Finds!

Scott, Katie, and I had an hour between schools, and as we were driving around we found Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters. The café was littered with personal photos and name tag crafts made by the employees. And they have their best flavored coffees in decaf. I tried the Rainforest Crunch blend. Yes.
Also the man who sold me my two coffees was curious about what Scott, Katie, and I did. And the tip jar had a sense of humor.

My favorite part about going down to Olean schools is Coffee Culture. Last time I went I had a bite of the pistachio muffin and it started my current pistachio obsession. I had this red pepper bisque which warmed me up from the endless winter of 2014. And they have a fire pit outside that you can go to if it's not arctic outside.

The Linger Longer Café had a map hanging on the wall next to the original (and slightly creepy) abstract artwork. On the map were pins marking the home towns of the customers. Someone took care of Philadelphia already, but it was cool to see the number of people from Europe/Asia/New Zealand?? who stopped by. The Grilled Veggies & Cheese Flat Wrap was fantastic. And they now serve wine and beer! Unfortunately I could not partake in this because I was between shows.

We went to the Art Center Coffee House in Wellsville on our overnight, and it was unlike any play I'd seen. Like look. They feature children's artwork and have a space for bands to play and the mugs are cool. And then I went downstairs to look at the pottery studio. One of the women asked where I was from, and we got to talking about Philadelphia and the historic district yeah yeah yeah and then she asked if I'd been to the Magic Gardens. And I told her I lived a few blocks away from it, and she said she had to show me something, so I followed her into the back of the studio and she showed me the Magic Gardens inspired bathroom. She said that a number of the students took a trip to Philadelphia and had a workshop with Isaiah Zagar and were inspired.
Also here's the library.

And everyone on the streets and in the shops seemed to know each other?
The thing about Wellsville is that it's cute, but it's not trying to be cute like those bougie towns that live off of the title of "quaint destination town."

One day we were taking some road in the middle of no where to get to a school somewhere and we found the J T Trading Post & Cafe.
We were presented with samples of mac and cheese and the best coleslaw I will ever eat. I want it at my wedding, take notes. And Katie ordered an iced brownie and I got sad when it was over. Go here.

This isn't food but it's soap and sometimes I pretend soap is food because it smells so good. Lucky Goat  in Skaneateles carries shelves of hand made seasonal soaps. I bought a lavender goatmeal pygmy bar (#67) face soap for my mom, and I was told that they key to this soap is to scrub it on, brush your teeth or sing national anthem, then wash it off. It smelled like home.