Coffee shops doing great in the capital as well as in small towns

  • 2011-09-07
  • By Marta Zila
RIGA - This is probably the article that I had the most fun writing in my entire career as a freelance journalist. I am sitting with my laptop in one of the numerous cafes in Old Riga. Coincidentally, it is called Vecriga, which means Old Riga in Latvian. My cup is filled with fragrant coffee with just a tiny bit of cream in it, while a delicious traditional Latvian cake, also called Vecriga, is on my plate.Many of us have a favorite coffee shop where, as in the Cheers television series, “everyone knows your name.” Even though cafes and restaurants are sensitive to trend...
 
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