In Guadalajara recently a friend took me to Palreal, a cafe in the Arcos Vallarte section of the city which she happily described as 'hipster'. And everyone around us was fairly young, well dressed, and casually cool (possibly hungover). A couple girls were taking pics and posing like they were in a fashion blog (against the wall, on the stairs, next to the cactus); I couldn't blame them since the decor was very cool. The bathroom used a mini pallet as a sconce. Next door was a succulent shop. This place was happily hipster and for some reason it made me happy to think it's not just American millennials in all sizes of cities acting hipster.
Anyway we had a delicious brunch and really good coffee. Mexican coffee is already well-known but the owner of this place was award-winning. I had a cold brew agave latte which was perfect on a warm sunny Saturday. We ate outside, and the overall space wasn't that big but very well laid out. If I found a similar place in San Francisco I'd probably go every weekend.
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