Height'S Cafe

It’s usually pretty quiet when I first get to Height'S Cafe in the morning. I walk down Nrupathunga Road and get the keys out for 2A-2B. The door sticks a little bit sometimes, especially when it’s been raining lately. Once I’m inside, it’s just about getting things ready for whenever people start showing up. The tables are basic and we’ve got these chairs that have seen better days, but they do the job just fine. You can hear the traffic outside getting louder as the day goes on. Some people come in and just sit by the window for a while looking out at the street. I spend a lot of time wiping down the counters and making sure the floor doesn't look too messy. It’s not a fancy place or anything, just a spot on the road where we spend most of our time. Sometimes the light hits the floor in a weird way in the afternoon and I have to move some of the chairs around. We don't really have a big staff, just a few of us here every day making sure things keep moving. It feels like the walls have soaked up a lot of stories over the years. I usually stay until the sun goes down and then it's time to lock up 2A-2B and head home. It's just a regular part of Nrupathunga Road life for us now.