What is All Saint's?

Many of you who have seen my IM status "@ All Saint's" have asked me "What/where the heck is All Saint's?" So here is a small tidbit on this mysterious location that I frequent literally most of my waking hours.



All Saint's Cafe is ONE OF FIVE (thanks Evan) 24h place in the entire city of Tallahassee, FL, with Wal-Mart, Steak 'n Shake, Waffle-House and Walgreen as the other four. It is a perfect haven for me because they have free wireless and unlimited amount of Joe ready to be served in various fashion regardless of the hour. This is also the only place where the community is made up of artsy-fartsy students, activists, underground musicians, frat and sorority students, professors, and homeless people. However, because it is open 24h, the place gets a bit dingy and nasty. They try to clean the floor every night...but the chairs need to be replaced or go into an autoclave once a month.



All Saint's is also a part of the Railroad & Gaines community of locally owned restaurants, computer stores, music shops and clubs. In fact, the sandwich shop Fat Sandwich is conveniently located right next to the cafe when you're in the mood for something more substantial than cafe food.

Just one block down the road is the famous Railroad Square Art Park. A lot of studio art majors live there because of the community and the low cost of rent. Some of the apartments there are as low as less than 100 USD a month. However the reason the rent can be so low is because the facilities have no central heat/AC, and it is literally NEXT to a working railroad. I live several blocks away from the railroad, and I can still hear the train every time it crosses my area. I can only imagine what it's like living right next to it. Every first Friday of every month, the whole Park opens up to the public with free food and display of art galleries. There are vintage shops and art supply stores along side with stereo fitters and Porsche mechanics. It's pretty eclectic.