Located a block or two north of the historical district in downtown Fremont, NE, Blue Bottle Coffeehouse is located inside a gorgeous, historical old building full of character itself. Blue Yoga offers classes inside this same location.
Gosh, I loved this place. From the very first time I set foot inside the door I thought, “Now this place is interesting!” I had found a deal on Living Social and usually the deals are all about 70 miles from me in Omaha. I live in rural Nebraska so I jumped at the chance to take advantage of yoga classes only 30 miles from me.
The owner is of Polish descent and when choosing the name for her coffeehouse, she remembered a story about a Polish man who opened the first coffeehouse in Vienna named the Blue Bottle. It stuck with her and she couldn’t think of a more appropriate name for her own coffeehouse.
Their delicious coffee beans are locally roasted in Lincoln, NE, mostly organic. They make a true macchiato and their selection of fair-trade loose leaf teas is amazing! It’s very unique to find loose leaf teas here at all. I’m not sure why I was drawn to it, but decided to try their Phoenix Pearl. It’s a less strong tea, with a unique, almost perfume flavor. I equate it to drinking flowers, it’s unusual and pleasant. I wasn’t sure I would try it again, but on the second visit, there I was asking for it!
As you can see from the photos I snapped, it was a gorgeous sunny day. You can see the sun shining in and lighting up the blue bottles that line these beautiful old, leaded glass windows.
The sunshine literally pours into this place in the early afternoons. Here is a shot of one of the three rooms customers to the coffeehouse can enjoy while they sip coffee and tea or eat any of the fine baked goods. The space and atmosphere of this place is amazing.
And here is a snapshot of the Blue Yoga classroom. The whole reason I came to this place. It reminded me so much of the yoga school I had first taken yoga at in the Old Market Passageway in Omaha years ago and it was so comfortable and inviting.
I can’t wait to spend more time here and looking forward to enjoying more yoga here as well!
Conveniently located right off of Broad St/Highway 77, it’s along a major highway leading through that I imagine many Nebraskans drive right by this place perhaps without knowing what an awesome stop, meeting place or collaboration point this is!
But, the wonderful people inside alone are worth stopping in to say hello to. I really can’t recall the last time I felt so immediately friendly with people I had just met. (Ok, well, there was this one time where I knocked on doors during the mid-term election campaigns, but that is for another post.)
Visit their website or Facebook page for hours and make a point to check this place out!
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