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Valley Graze,Merritt BC

So, here’s a photo of the coffee menu at the local Valley Graze eatery and social hub. The restaurant is located off Nicola avenue with city parking on Garcia it is a cozy and bright place rum by locals with a cowboy demeanor or (Conservative Rural).

Genetated bio

**Valley Graze** (also known as the Valley Graze Box) is a highly regarded local café, restaurant, and artisanal catering business in Merritt that has quickly become a community hub for fresh, wholesome food. Located at **2114 Nicola Avenue**, the café features an inviting “Makers Collective” atmosphere that frequently hosts local seniors’ social gatherings and community markets. While it began with a focus on beautifully arranged, colorful grazing boxes and charcuterie trays for events, the storefront menu showcases a broad variety of fresh café and breakfast cuisine. This includes elevated options like their ultimate breakfast sandwiches, wraps, house-made salads, and specialty artisanal pastries and focaccias brought in fresh from the local Petit Creek Bakery. Operating primarily on daytime hours—typically opening early at **7:00 AM until 2:00 PM** (though closed on Mondays and featuring shorter weekend hours)—it provides an ideal morning or midday stop.

Convenient parking is easily accessible right out front along Nicola Avenue and in the immediate vicinity, making it a highly accessible destination whether you are stopping in for a quick espresso or picking up an individual lunch box on the move.

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TGIF- Friday payday, National Coffee Day.

The observable day today is “National Coffee Day” this bit of info comes from Starbuck. We had coffees there this morning and for a friday it was very busy. Must be true; of course for working guys that s probably true most day.

The photo below is of a Diamond Driller in the 1970’s and he had his coffee in a billy can on top of an airtight wood burner behind the tarp, in what was affectionatl your kown as the shack. Long ways from the comfort of a modern car and a Starbucks stop. However coffee worked then as now without the need for much society or with society.

Coffee is multitasking every day and in every way.

Big Harvest moon tonight and tommarow

Have nice view, weather permitting.

Tims in tents

The local coffee watering hole Tim Hortons has two large tents in its parking lot. The Barista at the Starbucks across the highway says that they are to be there for 6 weeks while Tims undergoes a renovation. The drive through is going to be open for the renovation however tents are there to accommodate sit down patrons.
Weather or not this is a global warming support remains to be seen, the schedule puts it into the second week of November and a time that we here at 2000 feet above sea level get our first snow.

 

Today in history: September 30th 1955

Movie star James Dean dies in a road accident at the age of 24.

 

TGIF the price of coffee

Merit of Merritt

Its good that it is friday….

The Merritt Desert Inn was charging $2.09 for a cup of coffee during the short lived HST regime in BC. There was a backlash as restaurants were on a level playing field with the value added tax. The tax is gone and the PST took its place and is not charged on restaurant meals. This morning a coffee cost $2:15 with 10 cents in for the federal value added tax the GST,

Today in history: July 26, 2005

Mumbai India gets 40 inchs of rain in 24 hours stopping the city for 2 days.

Starbucks, Canadian hey

The local Starbucks outlet is having a name the coffee brand Canadian contest. You can give ideas to change the name of one of their brands to a Canadian identifiable name.

The winner will get a trip anywhere in Canada for two to have Coffee.

Check out WWW.Starbucks for details eh!

Today in history: January 30,1018

The Peace of Bautzen gets signed by Germany and Poland.