Rinkside Cafe by Red Horn

I pulled up expecting nothing and got exactly what a rinkside cafe should be: a warm cup, a spot to thaw out, the Red Horn name on the wall doing some of the heavy lifting. This is a fueling station with a view of the ice, not a destination kitchen, and it doesn't pretend otherwise.

I like an honest hybrid. Coffee bar bolted to a rink, parents and skaters cycling through, nobody putting on airs. It does its one job. I drank, I watched the Zamboni, I left content.