Spressos Coffee House -- Rome, NY

Sometimes it is painfully difficult being a coffee snob and not just able to drink anybody's brown swill masquerading as coffee. I was in Rome, NY today desperate for a good cup of coffee and scared that my choices were going to be DD or McD's -- which really aren't choices at all. So I borrowed the WiFi of a hotel I stumbled upon and Google Mapped "coffee rome ny". I found Spressos Coffee House at 307 N James St. It's a super nice coffeeshop with a fantastic house blend: "Pronto". I had a fresh scone but they had a whole case of fresh pastries that was difficult to choose from. The only downside was that they get their beans from place in Maryland, which is really too bad when there are some very fine roasters in Central New York -- namely Matt Godard of Cafe Kubal.