Common Grounds Espresso

Great place to grab a quick latte during your early morning adventure through the charming town of Carlton.
Feels like a family run kiosk. They have a drive through side (same side as porch of café next door). The pedestrian side is on the same side as the main road.

This is a nice little drive through coffee place on the Main Street in Carleton. I was pleasantly surprised that the barista knew what a macchiato is in such a place. The service was prompt and pleasant and the coffee is very good. You can grab a pastry at the Carleton Bakery next door.

Coffee is okay but customer service is beyond horrible. The owner needs to consider how she treats people.

The main reason for 1 star is because the woman who works here has been extraordinarily rude to us several times. The last time I pulled up here it was by mistake, so after maybe 1 second at the window my wife, kids and I pulled on past and then parked 30 feet away, out of the way of her coffee shack’s driveway. I waited with my 2 kids in back while my wife went into the bakery next to this place (to get GOOD «Stumptown» coffee, by the way). Seconds after I had pulled past her little booth, she came storming out up to my car saying «WHAT do you think you’re doing!!!» I looked at her, astonished and said «I don’t know what you’re talking about.» She said something like «You drive up to my window and then pull away and then you park here in a no parking zone!» Well, there were no customers to be seen ANYPLACE, I was technically standing (not parking) in my car with my kids (for a matter of seconds), and I was not even remotely in the way of either of her windows’ driveways, so I was just shocked that she would come chasing after me for daring to make the apparently egregious error of coming anywhere near her espresso booth and not buying something.
N.B., business owners/​managers everywhere: CHASING AFTER CUSTOMERS TO YELL AT THEM FOR DARING TO SOMETIMES NOT SHOP AT YOUR STORE IS NOT A WAY TO KEEP THEM COMING BACK! Perhaps my answer to her question as to what I was doing should have been: «Not *ever* spending my money at your obnoxious espresso booth again!»
We have close family who live in Carlton, and they were are all shocked at her behavior and how badly it reflects upon this cute, friendly town and its otherwise great reputation.