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Rosebud Coffee

Rosebud Coffee

2302 E Colorado Blvd, 91107, Pasadena, US, United States

Coffee • Breakfast • Vegetarian • Coffee & Tea


"I've walked by this place quite a bit recently and wanted to try it out since it seemed like a chill spot. It's half coffee shop, half brewery/bar food, so that's the vibe. Coffee stuff closes at 4 while the brewery stays open until 10, generally speaking, so keep that in mind no cozy nighttime coffee, unfortunately . The inside is roomy, open, and accommodating to a large number of guests, with picnic style bench seating, larger bar tables, an actual bar, and some more intimate arrangements plenty of seating, hardly any outlets, so keep that in mind if you're coming here to work, as I was. I ordered a black, iced cold brew coffee and it was $6.50 !! , which is more than a bit pricey. It was very good, at least, but still, that's a lot. I can't speak for anything else on the menu but if a black coffee with nothing in it is that much, I'm curious to see how much literally anything else costs. Wi Fi passwords are located on receipts, supposedly to discourage people from sitting there all day who haven't purchased anything, which is fair. The internet was terrible while I was here, though, with constant ping spikes and full on disconnects on and off VPN , making it impossible to video call, and work. Maybe it was just me, maybe it was just that one day, maybe it was both, maybe it happens all of the time. No idea, but worth mentioning. Service was great with the first person who helped me, who was seemingly excited to be there and enjoying her day. The second person who helped me, whom I asked where I could find the Wi Fi password, peeked their eyes over their mask and gave me a smug look, literally saying nothing to me while silently handing me some random receipt. Again, maybe just the day, maybe something tough was on their mind outside of work, but either way, first impressions are impactful. Overall, my experience was fine enough. I hesitate to try and work here again, but maybe I'll give it a shot when I don't have anything super important to do. They do serve food, wine, and beer here that I would also like to try, with prices that seem *slightly* more reasonable than their coffee."

Boba Guys

Boba Guys

1002 16th St, San Francisco, United States

Tea • Asian • Vegan • Drinks


"There 's nothing I blithely tolerate more than businesses which occupy the bottom floor of some grim new apartment complex. The windows on the ground floor are always too tall and I 'm caught staring at my reflection more times than I care to count. And as much as the easy access to a Good or Service holds an appeal, there is an unbridled discomfort in being physically beneath four to seven people who are willing to pay three times your rent for something that 's an equivalent size to your apartment. I hope the CalTrain never lets them rest.Time disappears inside this store. No matter where or when I place my order, it 's always on the counter. I have ordered Brown Sugar Milk Tea from the 22 bus as it careens down the one block separating me and a bucket of tapioca pearls. Time to order 7-9 minutes. Yet there it is, nestled in its special and separate location on their counter, a foot away from the sign that delineates where orders placed on Uber Eats et al. will be.There is always someone beautiful and younger than me working there, usually huddled in conversation with someone else beautiful who also works there. As I walk in to pick up my order, which I 'm retrieving on the twelve minute break between discussing Audre Lorde 's Uses of the Erotic and a documentary following the last years of her life when she lived in Berlin, they stop their briefly gorgeous conversation to say Hi! Welcome in before immediately resuming. As I walk out the store, the flaccid paper wrapper of my straw failing to enter the overfull trashcan at the entrance exit of the store, they give another brief cheer goodbye. Thank you! I feel too embarrassed to go back and pick up my trash off the ground. I 'm usually greeted by some awful gust of wind down 16th street, destroying whatever poise my outfit might have had when I left the house. At least I have this perfectly chewable made to order sugar rush of delicate tea leaves, drenched in the beauty of all this bright new glass."