Review by cafe tableaux: Part of the joy of French presses is the ritual of preparing, serving, and carrying on in the presence of the press.

Review by cafe tableaux: did i mention how fucking bleak it was out there?

Review by cafe tableaux: It is impossible not to mention that the place is open 24/7.

Review by cafe tableaux: Which is more rich in hipster irony, listening to Richard Marx, going to a sock hop, or attempting to make notes on Kafka at Flipnotic’s 6″ wide cafe counter?

Review by cafe tableaux: I drank my thin black coffee from a heat resistant Styrofoam cup, the kind which is covered in some sort of grip…

Review by cafe tableaux: this cozy shop near the noodle restaurant, in the aforementioned badlands, is fitted out with an adaptively reused charm that serves the type well.

Review by cafe tableaux: It is a breath of fresh recirculated air. And they have some damn good vegan oat cakes!

Review by cafe tableaux: They have damn good vegan oat cakes as well.

Review by cafe tableaux: Advertisements on the walls convinced me that Kick Butt was a gateway business for a dojo.

Review by cafe tableaux: These are things that we have to see for ourselves. Quack’s, with its life, its goods, its intentions, was up there..

Review by cafe tableaux: It becomes a cell in the continuum of bleary days, the rich red walls I see in my photographs, the warm bronze on the tables are nowhere to be found in my memories.