World Cup action again coaxed us to a shop showing today’s 9:00 game – The Netherlands vs. Mexico – and today we visited St. Honore’s relatively new Division store.  Our three riders/soccer enthusiasts were very pleased at how much better it was for hanging out than the NW store with its limited seating.

Our experience is that it takes a concerted effort to make a newly constructed shop as homey and comfortable for hanging out in, as an older building that communicates its history.  The Division shop succeeds in achieving it due to having great lighting, 3 different areas in which to eat (though there’s not much variety in seating,) a bird’s eye view of the wood oven baker doing his/her craft, and a menu – with alcohol – that goes beyond it being just a standard bakery and leads it into being a community meeting spot.

Soccer-wise, the Netherlands was lucky to win 2-1 in an evenly matched, well-played contest.   3333 SE Division    http://sainthonorebakery.com/division.php