Liana M.
Yelp
Let's get one thing straight: This is the hipster mothership.
Now, let me clear the air. It's not that I don't like hipsters. I mean, some of my best friends are hipsters, etc. etc. But Green Line is just ridiculous. It's where hipsters send their hipster friends that they're too embarrassed to hang out with because of how effin' hipster they are. The too-hipster-to-hang-out-with-other-hipsters-hipsters come here, meet other too-hipster-to-be-a-hipster-hipsters, drink lousy coffee, ride their homemade bikes home, and make little environmentally-friendly hipster babies.
So. Hipsters. Just so long as we're clear.
Clientele aside, there are a host of things that annoy me about Green Line. First and foremost, the coffee is lousy. It's a weird combination of burned- and watery-tasting that just isn't good. At a coffee shop, this is a deal breaker. Second issue, and this is a personal pet peeve, is the bagel situation. When you order a bagel with cream cheese, you receive a (barely toasted) Lenders-esque bagel, a pod of cream cheese, and a knife. IMHO, to be a good cafe, your cream cheese should come out of a vat. Less wasted plastic pods, more cream cheese on my bagel, minimal extra work for baristas. Third issue. Cash only, and their ATM is often broken. Taking credit cards is *not that hard,* people.
A few things in their favor (?) include vegan baked goods, expensive prepackaged Vietnamese hoagies, and gluten-free stuff. It's great if you're into that kind of thing.