A QUICK CUP OF TEA AT THE KOOKOO CAFE

Last week Leah mentioned that she had seen a new bakery had opened up in Brookline Village on Station Street. And strangely enough that same week, Daily Candy had a little write up of the same place, called the KooKoo Cafe. Now, the pottery studio I used to work out is also located on Station St., so I knew that the only place this new cafe could be located was where this cute Middle Eastern sandwich place had been. So, since I need to return a DVD in Coolidge Corner, which was also where Jayna was having lunch, we decided to meet up for a quick snack and check out the new cafe.

Here's their door:So upon entering the KooKoo, I noticed that they'd really opened up the space. It's still tiny. With only 3 tables, but it was also very cozy and cute. There's a very simple sandwich menu and there are a bunch of baked goods, which they get from Iggy's.

Since neither of us was particularly hungry, we didn't order much. Jayna got a steamed milk while I got a tea and a pecan bun. It's kinda funny, cause I used to order these exact same pastries for my store (though the pecan buns kept attracting fruit fries, so we got rid of them pretty fast). Anyway, here it is below. Sticky , sweet and totally yummy. And no fruit flies.So since we didn't have much food to document, I took interior shots of the place so you could get an idea of what it looks like. Here's one of their cases, along with Jayna's shoulder. Here's some random food and nicknacks they have for sale.In addition to the pastries and sandwiches, there's a scattering of random foodstuff you can buy, like bags of coffee and tea. I was surprised to find that they served Terroir Coffee, from George Howell's coffee company. This is the first time I've seen it sold anywhere in Boston and I'd like to go back sometime to try it. For those of you who don't know, George Howell is this super famous coffee guy in Boston. He used to own a company called Coffee Connection, which he eventually sold to Starbucks. But he recently started another company called Terroir Coffee located out in Acton. Hopefully I'll get out there one day and review it for all of you.

But back to Kookoo cafe. I think it's a cute place to stop and relax with friend or on your own. They have some magazines to flip through or games to play with. We learned from the highly inquisitive owner that they've been open for 3 months now. He liked asking lots of questions, particularly where we lived (though we attempted to be vauge about it) and where we'd found out about his store, but he was nice enough to let us stay a bit late, even though they closed at 5.

And just as a little side note. After we got kicked out of Kookoo, we wandered over to a little grocery store on Harvard called the Village Store or something of that sort and were surprised to find a fully stocked Korean grocery store, replete with little Korean women. Who knew that there was a population of elderly Korean women? We browsed their aisles and though we didn't pick up much, it's great to know there's a place to stock up on kimchi if you ever need it.