Marc Milrod
A decent boutique coffee roaster, offering up their own for drip, pour overs, espresso. They are sporting a modest kitchen, which is a tad smaller than the coffee counter. They offer a short slate of house made pastries as well as packaged coffee. The kitched also does some breakfast dishes, toasts, salads, etc.. On the North side of 18b with its own parking lot, seating for about 25. The La Marzocco machine impresses, and it means they MUST be filtering this Las Vegas water. Roasts from what I can see in the grinder bins are on the light side of medium roast, and a tad dry on the outside. The one 12 oz. drip I got ran true to form with that dry observation (one free refill). Less my style, but well executed. Mr. Barrista chatted with me a bit, and handed me an Americano. Definitely shows a lot more character, but subdued. These always come out too hot for me, and oxidized a bit in the cooling. Aromatics of... sorry for the beer jargon, dried grain, almost bready, reminsicent of a good Brown Ale or an English Dark Mild. Taste includes lightly vinuous, or wine-y character. The dry sensation is gone. Def. if you want the more complex characteristics, go for the espresso options. There is a third crew tending to the roaster, which is adequately vented,or the whole shop would smell of it. Clean and neat facility, !~20% dedicated to roasting.
