James C.
Yelp
I like this place very much! It is janky and knows what it's about. The most curious thing to me, about Winstons, is that although it is NOT well-configured for the only thing I cover in my reviews of coffee shops, really, i.e.,
Is this a good place to sit and get work done?
I still really like it and find that it IS a good place to do that, and I find--based on observation of the other clientele--that I'm not alone. The wrinkle is that the space is just not well laid out for this! It's a narrow shop running back off of the street like a railroad apartment. It has a shallow counter along the right side, the opposite side from the ACTUAL counter where they sell you things and behind which there's a coffee-machine, etc. And this shallow counter (the one on the right side) really is not a sturdy place to put a laptop; further, you sit perched on these funny little stool-type chairs. I guess "stools", then -- not stool-type chairs. They're stools. AND YET IT ALL WORKS. It is a VERY nice place to sit and work, even though the music has words and it's not "comfortable"...it's comfortable. I like it. I like sitting here. I'd also never had a "tall black" and I'm not 100% sure it's that different from an Americano (the barista one time was clear that they were different; the barista another time said "it's an Americano") but I really like Winstons tall-black, it's dark strong and delicious, and the little biscotti they serve it with works.
Two thumbs up. Would awkwardly perch on stool working again, happily.