Side By Each

still hunting for the good stuff in auburn, and minot ave keeps coming up. side by each has built the kind of following that takes actual time, the sort where people reroute their morning specifically to land here before work. you won't find that kind of loyalty without consistency, and consistency in specialty roasting is genuinely hard to maintain. what they're doing on the roasting side matters because it shapes everything downstream, every cup that leaves the counter. auburn isn't always the first place people think to look for serious coffee, but that's increasingly their problem. the regulars here clearly figured it out early. if you're in the area and the morning's still young, 1110 minot ave is a reasonable place to spend it.