Caffeina’s Marketplace Cafe

Great little coffee and gift shop. Located right in the atrium of the hotel. The coffee on the buffet is horrible, so the Starbucks served here is very appreciated.

Business trip tip: find a good coffee stop and book your hotel nearby (walkable if possible).
Up at the buttcrack of dawn and scraping by on 4H of sleep, I trudged to the hotel buffet to meet my team. I poured a big honkin’ cup of coffee from the buffet vat, took one sip, and immediately panicked: It tasted like water poured over soil … and filtered.
* Shield your tastebuds! Too late, contaminated!
* Spit it out! WHERE?! In the plant pot? My boss’ tray?!
* Swallow! Don’t you dare tell a girl to swallow (this filth)!
I politely returned the vile liquid into my mug while pretending to take another sip.
I barely recall the rest of breakfast.
Fortunately, I caught a waft of coffee (or caffeine … I was so desperate, I swear I could *smell* caffeine itself) … and found the aptly named Caffeina’s tucked into a cozy corner of the hotel lobby.
Caffeina’s is Coffee Heaven: Candies, granola bars, chips, and juices! Best of all: The Coffee Angel: serenely perched behind the counter, she took one motherly look at me and said «honey, you NEED yourself some coffee!»
Near feral at this point, I ordered a Salted Caramel Macchiato … and The Coffee Angel let me TASTE my order and she adjusted it to my liking! If you ever find yourself at this location, head straight to Caffeina’s for your coffee … buffet bacon be damned.
To this caffeine-​starved stranger in a strange land: 5 Groks.