Jackson Heights Life

I, personally am the mom of two toddlers and I feel a little nervous just bringing the stroller in to buy something and leave NOT because the owners make me feel unwanted w/my kids but the customers always seem completely disgusted if my child (I have never dared take both in at the same time) makes a sound.  I really love E77 but I think there are a lot of places I don't feel comfortable in because my fellow jh residents seem annoyed with young children and they don't try to hide it.  I just figure it i karma because I was like that a little too before I had kids. lol

I look at it this way:  Espresso77 is a public place doing business. I don't have any more or less right to be there than anyone else. If I am annoyed by noisy kids, it's my responsibility to get over it. Besides, no one ever sticks around for very long there - unless they're studying or 'net surfing. A modicum of patience goes a long way.

What I do find irksome - and selfish, really – is when parents attempt to wheel double-wide strollers into an already packed, narrow place of business. That's invasion of personal space, plain and simple. And I doubt a fire marshall would look kindly on such a scenario.

Having moved here from Seattle, I am still mesmerized and highly entertained by the creative driving maneuvers of motorists in intersections: U-turns, extreme means of landing a parking space, etc.

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to see such machinations performed with strollers!

Since I usually have a stroller, a sort of big one, I don't get many chances to go, but when I do I LOVE everything!!!! Wish I could go more but I don't like to feel unwanted by patrons there (the owners and workers are very nice).  I am so craving a mocha with extra whipped cream right now!

I am a mother of a super rambunctious three-year-old boy. At one point in my life, I was a single, quiet mingler (yes, I made this word up) so I recall what it is like trying to read a book with a kid  running around! Loud or not, it is distracting and irritating! So as much as I love Expresso 77, we rarely venture there! But we always try to go to Sue's story time which is fabulous!!  

I would like to add, I have never felt unwanted by the staff or the patrons at e77. It is just my personal thoughts on how I feel about children in small spaces!

Maybe I will try again, maybe with one kid and no stroller 

I noticed that the lattes at Espresso 77 has improved ten fold since when I first tried it a year ago. Maybe it was the barista who made it. Though, I'm still upset that an extra shot costs twice as much as it does at Starbucks.

My husband and I were at Timmy O's this Sunday getting custard when we were told that Espresso 77 was carrying it for the summer!  :smitten: I'm so excited to have local access to frozen custard! YUM.