Friends Coffee Shop

If you know where the Collector Office is on Salem Main Road, then you know exactly where we are. We sit right across the street from all those government buildings. It is a very busy stretch of road, especially in the mornings when everyone is rushing to get their paperwork filed or to start their shifts. We see a lot of lawyers, clerks, and people who have traveled from out of town just to visit the office. Our little shop has seen a lot of things over the years. The traffic on Salem Main Road never really seems to stop, so there is always a background noise of horns and engines. We just keep the doors open and try to stay on top of the cleaning. Sometimes the humidity is a real bother, but we just turn the fans up and keep going. It is mostly just a few of us working here, trying to get things done as fast as we can when the lunch rush hits. People come in looking a bit tired from standing in lines across the street, so we just give them a place to sit for a minute. We do not do anything too complicated. It is just about being here day in and day out, watching the city move past our front door opposite the Collector Office. It is a good spot, even if it gets a bit loud. People around here just call us Friends Coffee Shop, and that suits us fine. We just hope the coffee is hot enough for them.