Spirit Winds Cafe And Gift Shop

This is not the Spirit Winds of the past. The atmosphere is GONE. New management, the employee said.They are attempting to maximize coffee table spaces, at the expense of the ambience and display of local artists.However, they were out of coffee!The future holds wine and beer service.

I went because of the good reviews, but their menu is super limited, their furniture is super old, and their food is super simple… Plus, there’s a smell of humidity all over the

Had not visited since new ownership, sad to see the gift shop gone. Especially loved the card selection just a plain ole coffee shop

Beware the old reviews this is not the same place it was!I just gave this café another try, hoping it had gotten better. No, it was worse.This was our experience:Ordered a chicken club sandwich for $12, a turkey and cheddar sandwich for $10, an iced chai for $4, and an unsweet tea. But the server tells me they only have two flavors of tea, and he thinks they are both sweetened. I ask for ice water, he gestures to a jug of water (without ice) where I can fill up a cup. I pay for the order, plus add a small ish tip. Made the mistake of saying I didn 't need my receipt.As we make our way to our seats, he comes up and says they are out of chicken, but they can make it with turkey. Fine. He comes back and asks us if we want pasta or chips with our sandwiches, we select pasta which I clarify is a cold pasta salad.When the other server brings our food, there 's no bacon on the club sandwich, which comes with bacon. I get up, ask the original server about the bacon. He *then* informs me that they are out of bacon! I said, But I paid for bacon. No you didn 't, he says. Straight up tries to fabricate a story, ends up babbling gibberish and walks away.I can 't prove it, right, because I don 't have a receipt. But I know he rang me up for the $12 chicken club sandwich when I ordered it, and now I am having a $10 turkey and cheddar sandwich.The food was fine, but unremarkable. They only have four sandwiches on the menu, two of which they cannot serve as advertised because they are out of the main ingredients. There 's a very nice grocery store literally across the street go buy some bacon. The iced chai was bland and watery. The pasta salad was basic.The atmosphere isn 't; as in there is no atmosphere. It is a large, empty room with some table and chairs. You can see by the photo that the place was completely empty at 1:30 on a Sunday afternoon, when other places in the same area have generous crowds. There 's a reason for this.I rarely write poor reviews for the most part I just don 't bother writing them. But this is so disappointing partly because it used to be great little breakfast and lunch spot, as well as a cute and unique gift shop. I 'm sure the owners are tired of the comparisons, but sheesh, it 's hard to avoid. This place is just nothing now. Heed the empty room don 't bother.

New ownership has ruined the place. Firstly, take note the gift shop has been removed. More importantly though, they’ve completely ruined the design. This place used to have a design that was first rate, making special and unique. Now it looks like a middle aged straight guy designed it using free furniture from his frat friends houses. Worse yet is the food has gone downhill, it seems like the ingredients are cheap and low quality. Sandwiches went from having sourdough or ciabatta style breads to literally wonder bread and great value cheese. Really disheartening to see a staple of the community turn into what is has.