DD214 Chronicle

The Cool Beans Cafe shores up one corner of Medina Square.
Very good coffee and some super sandwiches there. Here’s something most coffee
houses don’t have — a teaching kitchen. Our delivery guy was dropping off the
latest issue there. Had to jettison his tanks and on his way to the latrine,
walked past a dozen little kids taking lessons in baking bread.

Here’s the good part. The kitchen, its ovens and utensils
are available without charge to groups baking cookies and sending them to
troops. In Cool Beans Cafe’s kitchen, nine trays of cookies can be made at one
time.

Bring our own ingredients, of course. And clean up after
ourselves.

Take a look at Cool Beans’ website: www.coolbeansmedina.com. The phone
there is (330) 723-7174 and the boss is Laura Parnell. Thanks, Laura.