Wish It Were Closer

Something came up in my IG feed earlier this summer about a place that we kind of pass by on our way back and forth to Delaware in Swedesboro called Hens & Honey Coffee Shop.  What really intrigued me was the drink that they were featuring at the time for Shark Week which I honestly thought that I had made a post about already, but apparently not so let me catch up a bit. 

It takes about an hour and a half to and hour and forty-five minutes to get there from here but HWNSNBP had a free afternoon and was up for the drive to have a late lunch.  We found it no problem - only a few minutes down the road and one turn - easy peasy.  

It's a little cafe with a couple of bistro tables outside and a few inside which happened to all be taken when we got there, but we moseyed up to the counter and besides ordering our Shark Week drinks, ordered some of their delicious gourmet toast open-faced sandwiches.  They took our names and said they would call us when we were done so we rounded the corner to look for a place to sit.  There were a couple of high-top seats against the wall that were open and we were on our way there when a nice couple around our age asked if we would like to sit at their table as they had 2 open seats.  We looked at each other (HWNSNBP and I) and decided to join them.  It was a very nice conversation and we learned that they considered themselves "regulars" as they came pretty often for the coffee drinks and lunch.  They stayed and talked with us as we ate our lunch and after I had taken pictures of the food and drinks, offered to take our picture.

The shark is a finger puppet and they put the berry syrup in the mouth too.  I saved the sharks for the grandsons but forgot that the cups were printed with the Shark Week logo and we threw them away unfortunately.

They had a little bit of a vacation break at the beginning of August but we managed another visit just before Labor Day in time to try their Fall Coffee Flight which consisted of coffee drinks flavored called Jack O'Lantern (pumpkin spice), Pecan Lane (pecan), Flannel Jacket (maple), and Harvest Moon (pumpkin pie).  

We also had the gourmet toast again and it was just as delicious as the first time.  I'm anxious to get back to try the affogato flight that they're featuring for the fall before it goes off their menu.  We missed out on their ice tea flight this summer.  I would love it if there was a place like this near us and we didn't have to travel as far.  They're not open on Mondays and Tuesdays and they also have gift-type merchandise in the store, plus they have a second store that's a boutique that I haven't been to yet as they're not opened on Wednesdays which is when we've been to the coffee shop.  Not sure I can talk HWNSNBP into visiting that one with me...... but we'll see.