Beach Runner,
I am the owner of Amavida and I am sorry if your experience was less than pleasant. With that in mind, please understand that all of our employees have the authority to make every customer happy with an unconditional guarentee. Sometimes we are not perfect, althought we strive for excellence and we are commited to the craft of roasting and preparing coffee. We even struggle at times when we are training new members.
We have a very interesting and diverse staff ranging from: Actors, musician song-writers, graduate students, college students, photographers, creative artists, and culinary ethusiasts with creative backgrounds. With such a diverse group, we provide and environment for our staff to be themselves. Needless to say we are very proud of our staff for their contributions to Amavida and their commitment to our community that many do on their own time.
On occasion, we do hire a teenager from the jobs program in SW High school. In some cases they are students that some need direction in life and we make a commitment to rasie them to the next bar. We have a had a pretty good track record doing so!
In closing, please accept my apoligies for any inconvenience you may experienced at Amavida and please feel free to communicate any concerns to our staff if you are ever less than satisfied. Likewise you may contact me anytime on SOWAL.
Thanks
Dan