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| - I guess this place has been an institution for a while, but I hadn't heard any of the hype. I simply walked past it a couple of times during my initial wanderings around the city, and chuckled to myself re: the name.
Recently, a friend and I wanted to hangout and chat out late on QW, but were avoiding alcohol - this pretty much eliminated bars, and other coffee shops (closed). This turned out to be just the place for us. The atmosphere was lively, but didn't overwhelm our conversation. The other patrons looked like they were having a great time, but weren't disruptive and actually contributed greatly to the fun late night feel of the establishment. The only thing is that we ordered tea, and got poorly disguised sigh of resignation from the staff; his disappointment that we weren't ordering booze or some other offering with higher margins didn't escape us. Oh well - maybe next time buddy!
We didn't need anything else, so I can't comment too much more on the service; except to say that our desire to pay our $5 bill completely escaped the attention of the staff. We eventually made a big show of putting on our coats and lingered by the cash register. Can't say it bothered me too much though; I still had a fun time with my friend, and I'm going to chalk up the service to a general disaffected hipster attitude (i.e. it wasn't personal).
Cute atmosphere: B+, Service: meh
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