LATTE LOUNGE

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Latte Lounge is a small, black-owned business that sells a wide variety of breakfast food and an even wider variety of coffee. The restaurant changes seasonally so there are always new things on the menu. Along with selling coffee, Latte Lounge has a build-your-own bouquet, smoothie bar and snack bar attached to it. Latte Lounge is much bigger than a normal coffee shop having things like a pool table and even swinging bar chairs. The Latte Lounge is a place where people can sit down and enjoy a meal or get a coffee to go.

PICASSO’S

Picasso’s is a chain business that has been very popular in Missouri with one location being on Fifth street and one being on Main street. Along with Picasso’s being a coffee shop, it offers things such as the piano, recitals and small jazz concerts.

“It’s a much smaller place and a great environment. The people are just truly so nice there,” junior Natasha Haverly said.

Upshot

Upshot was opened in July of 2020 with their first location being in Cottleville. Their second and more popular location was an old Shell gas station that the owner’s family would drive by every day. It went up for sale one day and they decided to turn something old into a new shop that could be a community place. Selling all sorts of coffee, tea, sweet treats, smoothies and even fruit juice, they have become a very wellknown coffee shop for most people in St. Charles.