• By Adriana Acosta •
• Originally published September 1, 2010 at 5:08 p.m., updated September 1, 2010 at 5:08 p.m.

Eileen Riedel enjoys working on her cross word puzzle in the mornings.

This is the only place she can spend hours drinking coffee and have a conversation with fellow friends.

“This is a place where I can come and have a cup of coffee and maybe talk about olitics,”

she said.

Main Street Coffee Bar opened its doors in 2001 and offered only New York bagels and coffee. Now, the bar offers a variety of cold and hot drinks, fresh pastries and a food menu.

Owner Lisa Morales wanted a coffee bar that would provide great service, have a nice and friendly atmosphere and offer good quality coffee to customers.

Her motivation to open the coffee bar began in 2001.

“Every time I drove in to Houston I would always stop at a local coffee house and always

like the feel and atmosphere of going to a local coffee house,” she said.

Morales then decided to research on how to open a coffee bar for about a year before she approached her husband with the idea.

A few months later, construction began next door to the beauty saloon she owns and three months later the bar opened its doors.

“I want everything in my coffee bar to be top notch,” Morales said. “I refuse to cut the quality of what we offer here.”

The bar offers 25 different kinds of coffees that are ground fresh everyday, she said.

With the success of the coffee bar, Morales added a food menu offering soups, sandwiches and deserts.

Customers of the coffee bar can also enjoy local artists work, which is displayed around the walls.

“I am a big supporter of the local arts,” she said.

“You may be a Starbucks junkie, but once you have a real, true espresso drink from here you will tell the difference,” she said.

The coffee bar plans to extend to night hours by later in the year and is working on getting a license to sell wine and beer.

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