Even the sign shows a red cup. Imagine the disappointment!
“Coffee in white cups?” I ask, aghast.
The server smiles, “Yes.”
“But the name of your coffee shop is the Red Cup Café. I expected red cups.”
The server smiles again, one of those knowing smiles conveying I’m not the first customer who has brought this to her attention.
“Our owner’s favorite color is red, so she named it the Red Cup Café,” she says with no further explanation.
The Red Cup Café is one my favorite stops when I visit Mukilteo, Washington. It has funky art with colorful flower gardens and wooden-carved statues. It overlooks a beautiful view of Puget Sound. I love the coffee and the neon red “Howdy” sign in the window. But it doesn’t make sense to me that a coffee house called Red Cup Café serves beverages in white coffee cups.