Candy Cottage

lancaster, ohio has a quieter specialty coffee scene than you might expect from a city its size, which means the places that do it well tend to build real loyalty fast. candy cottage on west fair avenue is one of those places. it's pulled together a following that keeps coming back, and that kind of consistent return isn't something you manufacture with a loyalty card. the draw here is straightforward: a shop that takes the work seriously without making a spectacle of it. if you're somewhere in the fair avenue corridor, it's worth knowing this is here. the morning hours, whenever you can get there, are probably your best window in.