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Food Find - Makers & Finders

Makers & Finders
1120 South Main Street
Las Vegas, NV 89104
makersandfinderslv.com

Makers & Finders is an awesome coffee shop and restaurant located in the Art District of Las Vegas.  After working in Vegas for almost 3 months I thought I was going to lose my mind because it really isn't my scene and definitely is not a destination I would choose to go for fun.  However, toward the end of my stay I discovered Makers & Finders and really liked it and actually miss it now that I'm not there.  I'm not really a big coffee drinker, but all the coffee there tasted as good as the presentation looked.  Since I don't normally order coffee my typical drink of choice was always the chai tea latte and I've been craving it everyday since leaving Vegas.  I was just in San Francisco and couldn't find anything there that was even close to being in the same league as that chai tea.  I know that I'll have to go back to work in Vegas at some point in the near future and I'm excited to head back to Makers & Finders as soon as I get there.  Aside from great coffee and tea, they also serve some amazing food.  If you happen to stop by there get a shot (or two) of the new espresso from Honduras that they're experimenting with.  The last time I was there Josh Molina, one of the owners, gave me the very first sample and it was surprisingly good, better than any other espresso I've tried during my short espresso drinking history.

 

 

Food Find - Chantal Guillon

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Chantal Guillon
437 Hayes Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

I was working up in San Francisco last week and made a point of stopping by Chantal Guillon in Hayes Valley to get some macarons.  I was never really a fan of macarons (not to be confused with macaroons) until recently when my friend Sara made some for me which changed my opinion of them.  The last time I was up in the Bay Area macarons somehow came up in conversation, so a friend of mine took me to Chantal Guillon.  Chantal's little meringue based biscuits, cookies, confections, or whatever the hell you want to call them, were so damn tasty that they made me overlook just how feminine this place is.  If you're ever in San Francisco and enjoy sweet French deliciousness, then I highly recommend making a pitstop at Chantal Guillon.