Saints Cafe

 

 

 

 

It was a Friday afternoon. That night, I had a Humphrey Fellows event for the GLOBE, an event where distinguished people from various questions meet with us to discuss cultural differences, global issues, etc. It was definitely fixing to be a long night. After class, I crashed in the dorm room, only to be awoken by my roommate coming into the room about half an hour later. We had about an hour and a half before the event started. In the moment, we decided to do the one thing we had been wanting to do since arriving in State College in August: go to Saints Cafe; because if we did not do it then, when would we ever do it? We grabbed our jackets, purses, and all the fancy clothes we would soon have to change into for the event, and headed out the door. The walk from our dorm in South to Saints was quite the hike. After walking for what seemed like forever, we finally reached our destination. Upon entering the coffee shop, my first impression was that it was very small. With only a few tables and even fewer chairs, it was definitely packed. However, upon closer examination, Saints was definitely adorable. Colorful paintings covered the wall, plants were sitting on shelves next to pottery, and classy music playing in the background. There were many cases full of different pastries, and another case full of various egg croissants, tarts, and quiche. As I stepped up to the counter, there were many drink choices, ranging from just plain coffee to macchiatos. I ordered my classic hot caramel latte, and my roommate ordered an iced caramel latte. We stood around near the area where the drink orders were supposed to come out, and enjoyed the complimentary cucumber water they had in pitchers to drink while you wait (or maybe with the food or coffee, I don’t know). There were magazines and books to read stacked all around as well. Our drinks soon came out, and we eventually found an empty table. The coffee was nothing short of great. My roommate and I chatted about our day and the evening ahead, and all around really enjoyed ourselves. As cute and as great as this little coffee shop was, the only complaint I have is that it was relatively loud. It was definitely crowded, full of people working on laptops, people chatting, and even families. It was a football weekend, so that definitely could have contributed to the issue, but it was definitely standing room only at some points. My roommate and I have definitely discussed going back in the future, however, for breakfast. In the future, I definitely hope we can catch it at a less busy time. I really want to try one of the fruit tarts! Overall, I would recommend this as a cute place to go to just hang out and relax, but just be aware that it is sometimes hard to get seating, and is often pretty loud if you’re actually trying to get any work done.

You can find Saints’ website here.