January 10, 2024

Coffee shop in a train!

Posted in Uncategorized tagged , , at 11:15 am by chavisory

For as long as I can remember, and almost certainly much longer, a pair of decommissioned train cars–a red caboose and a longer yellow passenger car–have stood at the railroad crossing in the town near where my parents still live. For a time when I was a kid, they were home to a Mexican restaurant, which failed within a few years, and the train cars stood empty for most of the next three decades.

On a recent trip back, I saw that someone had finally put a coffee shop in them, but over Christmas I finally got to go in and have coffee, and it’s delightful.

A red Missouri Pacific Lines train caboose, with a neon "Open" sign" in the very top window.

A few into the seating area of the caboose, with dark turquoise green walls, cafe tables, and ladders up to two small seating areas built into the car's original structure.

A reading nook with two brown leather bench seats, small cafe tables, and dark turquoise green walls inside the caboose.

An old red-painted cast iron steering wheel of some sort on the back of the caboose section.

Two handmaid cardboard signs tacked up on a section of wall with Christmas greenery and lights. One is rainbow striped and reads "Everyone Deserves Rights" and the other is blue, pink, and white striped and also reads "Everyone Deserves Rights."

A coffee bar with many indoor plants lined up on top.

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