The Coffee Crawlers wound down 2014 with two holiday Crawls in a row......Thanksgiving on November 27 at my house and our Christmas Crawl at the Old Grey Sports Club on December 4. A couple of unexpected overnights at the hospital recently has me yet again a bit behind on my posts. Pictures of our Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations are soon to follow, but first I must get my post up from our last coffee shop visit of 2014.
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Meet the Owners and Staff
Monique, Richard, Elmarie, Pumza |
On Thursday, November 20 the Crawlers made their way to Flavours at their new location, 169 Main Rd. in Walmer We first visited Flavours back in February of 2012 as our Crawl #52. At that time Flavours was located in the 17th Quarter Shopping Centre on 17th Ave. in Walmer. Since our first visit to Flavours, owners Richard and Elamrie Moore moved their business to a Centenary Rd. Lorraine location, and in May of 2014 moved again to their present Main Rd. site. Richard and Elmarie feel that this is the perfect spot for them!
Aside from the couple of moves, the shop has remained the same......Sumatran coffee is still prepped by barista Monique, a delicious menu of light breakfasts, lunches and cakes is served six days a week, the bakery business supplies home made goodies for sale to over 100 stores in the PE area, and catering services are still available. Also, within the shop itself, cards, gift items, preserves, jams, and Flavours baked goods are for sale.
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The coffee shop seats fifteen inside in the country red/white decorated dining room and another fifteen or so at the picnic tables in the outside shaded courtyard. There is a kids' play area available for patrons in the spacious backyard. Flavours' hours are Mon-Fri, 8:30-5; Sat, 8:30-2; closed on Sunday. Call Richard or Elmarie at 041 368 3460 for catering information or to place a bakery order.
On our first visit to Flavours the Crawlers were just starting to rebel against the year old "No-Food-On-The-Crawl" Rule. Now over 2 and a half years and 100 Crawls later it seems that pretty much everyone orders food at every Crawl. On Thursday breakfasts, cakes, scones, and Flavours' famous Hertzog cookies (see Flavours Feb, 2012 post) were served to Crawlers Nomusa Nkomo, Stella and Beryl Dawson, Sylvia Mynhardt, Gail Darne, June Nash, Margaret and Arthur Marshall, Colleen Le Roux by our lovely waitress Pumza.
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| Hertzog Cookies......YUM!!! |
While gobbling down our goodies, conversation at the table centered around the early winter storm that dumped over 4 ft. of snow on some parts of the northeastern US. Having lived in Pennsylvania and upstate New York for most of my life I am quite familiar with the Great Lakes "lake effect" that was the cause of all the snow. The amateur meteorologist in me gave a thorough explanation of this "lake effect" to the Crawlers, most of whom have never seen a flake of snow in their lives. At this posting I believe most of the snow has melted. However, since Lou and I will be heading to the States for the holidays I have put in an order for a white Christmas in NY. Let's hope Santa delivers!
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This Week's Crawlers
Margaret M., June, Colleen, Gail, Arthur,
Sylvia, Stella, Beryl, Nomusa |
~Thank you to Flavours' owners Richard and Elmarie for hosting the Crawlers yet again. Love your
new digs!
~A very Special Happy 90th Birthday to Masterton's Tea and Coffee Specialists - December 4
~Happy Birthday wishes go out to:
Crawler Sylvia Mynhardt - December 14
My big sister Carol in Millersville, PA - December 16
My little sister Mary in Edinboro, PA - December 17
My beautiful granddaughter Mia in Hoover, Alabama - December 19
My brother Bob in Erie, PA - January 4
My brother-in-law Joe in Binghamton, NY - January 8
~MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL!
~A VERY HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!
Until next time,
Ellen
