I am always in search of new coffee shop and cafes, and if they offer free WiFi, they move to the top of the list.
If you’ve seen my post listing free WiFi options in St. Louis, you’ll see that I have 5 criterion to qualify a WiFi spot as a favorite:
- Free Wi-Fi (free)
- Good coffee with free unlimited refills (coffee)
- Good access to outlets (plugs)
- Real food…not just muffins & dessert (food)
- Easy parking (cars)
What I didn’t mention in the WiFi post was that atmosphere matters to me too. If a coffee house has an independent, cozy or small town feel, I’ll give them a break if they don’t meet all my other criteria.
The free WiFi list started out with just places that I had frequented. Then my readers started telling me about places I didn’t know about, and the goal became to create as comprehensive list as possible.
One of my readers mentioned Lone Wolf Coffee Company, a coffee shop/cafe in Ballwin that was not on my radar. Last week, I drove by their location when I was showing clients homes in Ballwin & Chesterfield and made a mental note that I needed to come back to check it out.
Brunch with Bruce, Sharon, Todd & Melissa (not shown cuz she was late)
So, when a few of my twitter friends and I decided to get together for Sunday brunch and they asked me to pick a location, I jumped on the chance to try it out.
Lone Wolf Coffee Company:
Lone Wolf Coffee Company gives me everything I want in a coffee shop. Plus they even have a bunch of patio tables that are big enough to accommodate 5 or 6 people…I love eating outside so this gets them bonus points in my book!
If I lived nearby, I would definitely be a regular.
The decor was outdoorsy (paddle, bike, hike stuff) and the menu looked great. I ordered their Trailhead Temptation (bacon, egg & cheese sandwich) and was not disappointed. Free coffee refills would have made it easy for me to spend the day there.
I also liked the mix of people. There were a few families with small kids, an assortment of singles and twosomes, and quite a few people that stopped in before or after a ride in their cycling outfits.
I didn’t get around to taking interior pictures, but they had a small cozy area with a leather couch, a main dining area and another room that looked like is it used for live music with plenty of tables that could seat large groups.
And I spotted a few outlets and even a surge protector too. From what I can tell, they are doing everything they can to make nomadic laptop users welcome.
And now that I know that they serve Schlafly beer and wine and have live music, I think I’ll have to go back for an evening outing.
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I strongly recommend bringing lawn chairs since sitting on the ground behind a few hundred lawn chairs will make it pretty impossible to see. Your only option would be to sit back really far so you are high on the hill (the stage is set at the bottom of a hill), pay for a rental lawn chair or arrive early to sit up front in the blankets-only area.
Prior to the performance is a Green Show where the actors perform a cliff notes version of the play so you understand what will be happening. It is a HUGE help when watching Shakespeare to either watch the Green Show or to read a summary of the play in advance. Plan on getting lost in the language at times, but you’ll catch enough of it to follow along.
