Café Dante

 Café Dante was listed under the Coffee stream. That is very interesting, because I never would have guess it was a Coffee shop otherwise.

 I guess because it doesn't look or feel like any coffee shop I've ever been in. If anything, it looks to me like a sit-down restaurant, complete with people busing the tables and servers checking in on the people there. Soft, lower-keyed music played inside, the kind of thing you would expect from a typical adult eatery. I didn't want to stare too long, but just about every table with people at it looked like a couple on a casual date. They were eating the standard meets and holding glasses of wine.

 In the front corner of the Café there rested a bar. Not many people were there, and the two bartenders were having a friendly chat with each other as they slowly prepared a drink. There was no rush in this environment, and there didn't need to be.

 I'm unsure if they would serve people under the age of 21 at a place like this (I know the closest thing in my town doesn't), but this is the kind of place I would take my girlfriend out to when we wanted to go on a date. It was relaxing and quiet. Every conversation was held with lower voices. Even when I saw a couple laugh, it was quiet, with their mouths covered. It gave a very private feel to the Café. Every couple was in their own world, where only their date existed, and no one else could interrupt sans the waiter.

I really liked the color of the walls here. Odd thing to dwell upon, perhaps, but I think it did wonders for the atmosphere. I think a darker color may have been more openly romantic, which isn't the feel that the Café looks like it is going for. It worked well as a casual (or maybe mid level) dining experience.