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    Book World

    2.0 (5 reviews)
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    Closed 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    7 years ago

    Wasn't the best book store. Kind of unfriendly. They let their cigars dry out in the humidor. It's been closed for months.

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    Barnes & Noble - Heaven on Earth.

    Barnes & Noble

    3.0(14 reviews)
    42.4 mi
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    Service at this store has always been excellent. I've never had a problem finding assistance from a…read moreteam member and everyone is pleasant. The cafe is a great place to take a break as well with quick and efficient service.

    This review is for the Starbucks cafe inside of Barnes & Noble. While the young staff of the cafe…read morewas pleasant, I was met with a very condescending & rude employee that I can only describe as female, mid-50s, heavy set with glasses + salt & pepper hair. And this was after I had already spent nearly $14 in the cafe on a sandwich, dessert item, and triple expresso. The only reason why I stopped at B&N in the first place was that I didn't want the nearby KwikTrip coffee, nor did I want to drive a few miles into downtown Appleton on this day. I was fatigued, and needed a good caffeine burst right away. Enter Starbucks cafe inside of B&N, which was the nearest venue close to my hotel next to the Fox River Mall. After ordering my food items and required triple expresso (my gold standard) from an incredibly polite twenty-something college female barista, I get this sneer from Ms. Grumpy Dumpy from her table as she was apparently on her break. I smile, of which she never changes her expression. It was as if I had ran over her dog or something with the look she was giving me. I wanted to ask the friendly barista "WTF is wrong with Mount Rushmore over there?" I thought nothing of it at further, so I didn't make it an issue. A few minutes later, the second barista (twenty-something male) indicated that my food order as ready, I waited patiently as my drink order was being prepared by barista #1. Ms. Large Marge decides to end her break, walk over to the counter to assert her authority. Without even looking at me, she picks up my coffee, and says "Here you go", then proceeds to nearly throw it onto the counter. Sort of stunned, I'm thinking "What in thee hayle just happened?" I wasn't in the mood to make this an issue, since I was tired. In addition, the two younger baristas were in stark contrast to their manager, considering how pleasant they were to me. As I start walking away toward the exit of B&N while shaking my head in disgust, I overhear the rude manager say "Next time, don't give him so much expresso." I so wanted to tell her that I had a triple expresso, and that if she had paid attention in 3rd grade math class, the volume of three expresso shots would be a larger quantity than one traditional expresso shot. Altogether, this experience motivated me to seek out better coffee venues in Appleton, mainly downtown and close to Lawrence University. Thanks to the awful attitude that I experienced from the Starbucks cafe manager inside of this B&N, I'll certainly never return to the cafe again no matter how bad my caffeine urges are. This manager is definitely not management material. If you don't like your job, fine. Don't take out your job frustrations on the consumer.

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    WordHaven BookHouse - Large selection of new books

    WordHaven BookHouse

    4.0(4 reviews)
    23.3 mi

    I instantly felt happier and lighter walking into WordHaven. Bookstores are my happy place. This…read moreindependent bookstore is full of color from the various book covers and artwork displayed throughout. They have a great selection of new books and books on diverse topics. The first floor contains new books and the lower level contains a small room of used books. I purchased 1 new book and 1 used book. The staff was very friendly and even gave us a recommendation of a park to visit while in Sheboygan. I plan on stopping by every time I visit Sheboygan. Next time, I will bring some books to put in their little free library that is right inside their front door.

    It is nearly impossible to maintain a brick-and-mortar Bookstore in a "technocratic" era in an old…read moremoney "blue or white" collar fledgling city. I'm old, but not so old... I have a potential balance of decades behind me and before me. What the youth want should not dictate my wants. WordHaven, by definition of its name, is just that; a welcome place for writers, wordsmiths, and readers of "brick-and-mortar" books. We are a rare kind. We acknowledge technology, make great use of it, but realize our sweet spot is in its roots. That is why WordHaven is important. It offers you a human depth that technology and AI misses, if you dare.

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