{"id":14806,"date":"2015-07-23T13:35:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T18:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=14806"},"modified":"2015-07-23T13:35:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T18:35:22","slug":"pepper-park-coffee-review-barrington-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=14806","title":{"rendered":"Pepper Park Coffee Review &#8211; Barrington, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150720_163307.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-14792\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150720_163307-400x176.jpg\" alt=\"Pepper Park Coffee Review Barrington\" width=\"314\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a>I admire anyone who starts a business from scratch; I&#8217;ve done it several times, and I know a whole lot about the pitfalls, anticipated and unanticipated, that can crop up.<\/p>\n<p>I double dog admire anyone who starts a business in a crowded space like coffee, but the nice folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/pepperparkcoffee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pepper Park Coffee<\/a> were apparently undeterred, and opened up a great shop in one of Chicago&#8217;s fanciest suburbs, Barrington, about 55 minute NW of the Loop on the Metra commuter train.<\/p>\n<p>Pepper Park has thought of it all. \u00a0Great coffee drinks, amazing pastries, <a href=\"http:\/\/pepperparkcoffee.com\/fare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breakfast and lunch sandwiches<\/a>, free wi fi, and ample space to spread out by yourself, as a couple or even as a group, as they have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pepperparkcoffee.com\/community-room\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community room<\/a> that can seat 20. \u00a0 Plenty o&#8217; parking and a drive thru. \u00a0Nailed it. \u00a0May even be just the place for a secret rendezvous!<\/p>\n<p>Online and in the store, they have a great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pepperparkcoffee.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=%2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infographic that shows you just how your coffee drink will be constructed<\/a>. \u00a0You&#8217;ll be an expert instantly if you&#8217;re new to coffee, and it&#8217;s a good refresher for caffeine veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Pepper Park is on Pepper Road, NW of town, just off Highway 14. \u00a0Convenient to the local medical complexes, hospital and many other businesses, but in any case, worth a trek just to avoid the big, boring chain coffee places.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I admire anyone who starts a business from scratch; I&#8217;ve done it several times, and I know a whole lot about the pitfalls, anticipated and unanticipated, that can crop up. I double dog admire anyone who starts a business in a crowded space like coffee, but the nice folks at Pepper Park Coffee were apparently&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=14806\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pepper Park Coffee Review &#8211; Barrington, IL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,16,25],"tags":[232],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14806"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}