If you’re cruising down East Waterman near Hydraulic, you’d be forgiven for thinking you took a wrong turn. It’s a quiet, slightly desolate stretch of the Hyde Park neighborhood, but right on the corner sits a building you can’t miss — mostly because of the weird, wishbone-shaped roof and a massive brick chimney that looks like it’s been there since the city was founded.
That’s Goldfinch Coffee & Cocktails.
Despite the “middle of nowhere” location, the place was wall-to-wall people when I swung by on a recent weekday morning.
Vibe check
I caught up with the general manager, Justin Mork. He gave me the backstory on the building, which was a gas station and auto garage back in 1925. Apparently, there were still actual car lifts embedded in the floor when the owners started renovations…