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-John Houghton, 1699

The Flying Saucer Cafe

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

visited by: thos. more

“case study number two in why fairmount cannot sustain a decent coffeeshop…”

Saul Cups, 7:03:38 PM:
ugh

Saul Cups, 7:03:46 PM:
flying saucer sucks

Saul Cups, 7:03:47 PM:
big time

Saul Cups, 7:04:01 PM:
there isn’t a single TOLERABLE coffeeshop in my neighborhood

Saul Cups, 7:04:22 PM:
i’d rather be stuck at walnut bridge coffeehouse than mugs or saucer

thos. more, 7:04:42 PM:
where’s fsaucer?

Saul Cups, 7:05:00 PM:
26th and brown

Saul Cups, 7:05:06 PM:
it’s the place where i went one weekend

thos. more, 7:05:09 PM:
never heard of it

Saul Cups, 7:05:17 PM:
and people were talking about eating rabbit and venison

Saul Cups, 7:05:23 PM:
i decided to give it another chance

Saul Cups, 7:05:33 PM:
i arrived around 10 past 6

thos. more, 7:05:33 PM:
too bad we ran mojoe out of business

thos. more, 7:05:35 PM:
oh!

Saul Cups, 7:05:41 PM:
i knew it closed at 7

Saul Cups, 7:05:48 PM:
the barista says

thos. more, 7:05:48 PM:
what about that place by wf

thos. more, 7:05:53 PM:
java’s brewin’ ?

Saul Cups, 7:05:53 PM:
‘you know we close soon?’

Saul Cups, 7:06:02 PM:
‘um, like in 50 minutes?’

Saul Cups, 7:06:10 PM:
‘well, you’re welcome to hang out till then’

Saul Cups, 7:06:18 PM:
‘you mean, i’m welcome to hang out till you close?’

Saul Cups, 7:06:20 PM:
silence

Saul Cups, 7:06:28 PM:
fucking rude

Saul Cups, 7:06:33 PM:
and stupid

Saul Cups, 7:06:35 PM:
so i sit down

thos. more, 7:06:37 PM:
maybe they have a pre-close policy

Saul Cups, 7:06:43 PM:
just like last time

Saul Cups, 7:06:47 PM:
everyone there fucking knew each other

thos. more, 7:06:50 PM:
‘funny’, the same thing happened to me during my pleasant holiday in sweden

Saul Cups, 7:06:53 PM:
and were talking at each other from across room

thos. more, 7:06:56 PM:
‘we close in one hour’

Saul Cups, 7:07:03 PM:
about dumb shit

thos. more, 7:07:07 PM:
maybe their usual customer expects to sit there for 9 hours

Saul Cups, 7:07:11 PM:
the barista was the worst

Saul Cups, 7:07:22 PM:
talking at very high volume

Saul Cups, 7:07:27 PM:
and their internet was out

Saul Cups, 7:07:30 PM:
and he didn’t even tell me

Saul Cups, 7:07:34 PM:
i hate that place

Saul Cups, 7:07:38 PM:
it’s almost as bad as mugs

thos. more, 7:07:42 PM:
fuck saucers

Saul Cups, 7:07:59 PM:
when i write the tableau

Saul Cups, 7:08:04 PM:
it will start with

Saul Cups, 7:08:26 PM:
“case study number two in why fairmount cannot sustain a decent coffeeshop…”

Saul Cups, 7:08:51 PM:
everyone who lives in this neighborhood is a douchebag

thos. more, 7:09:28 PM:
you can just post this chat as the tableau

thos. more, 7:09:48 PM:
’saucers isn’t worth any more effort than an online rant’

Saul Cups, 7:10:05 PM:
yes

thos. more, 7:10:43 PM:
i’ll do it

Saul Cups, 7:11:22 PM:
i hope they go out of business

thos. more, 7:11:50 PM:
are you going back there this weekend?

thos. more, 7:11:55 PM:
to learn your lesson again?

Saul Cups, 7:11:56 PM:
no

Saul Cups, 7:12:08 PM:
the barista and some customer were having a debate

Saul Cups, 7:12:18 PM:
about whether one should feel sorry for the somali pirates

thos. more, 7:12:21 PM:
mugshots would be ok if they didn’t have the ‘restaurant’ and the sex creeps

thos. more, 7:12:44 PM:
hm

Saul Cups, 7:12:55 PM:
take away the bacon, the kids, the baristas and mugs would be fine

thos. more, 7:13:01 PM:
i don’t feel sorry for pirates

Saul Cups, 7:13:14 PM:
it was fucking absurd

Saul Cups, 7:13:34 PM:
you have my permission to post this chat as a tableau

thos. more, 7:13:41 PM:
i wish the seal snipers would set up on the ramparts of eastern state penitentiary

Saul Cups, 7:13:54 PM:
http://www.theflyingsaucer.net/blog1/

Saul Cups, 7:14:03 PM:
don’t include that part when you c&p

thos. more, 7:14:13 PM:
which part?

thos. more, 7:14:15 PM:
the link?

thos. more, 7:14:40 PM:
that site looks stupid

thos. more, 7:14:43 PM:
i closed it already

thos. more, 7:15:06 PM:
i expect a cafe site to have hours and info about fair trade coffee & soy milk

thos. more, 7:15:26 PM:
not a newspaper full of feeds the baristas think are hilarious

thos. more, 7:15:40 PM:
‘funny things chlöe found on gawker!’

Saul Cups, 7:16:00 PM:
i know

Saul Cups, 7:16:06 PM:
i meant don’t include part about snipers

thos. more, 7:16:13 PM:
?

Saul Cups, 7:16:18 PM:
i don’t want saul cups to have fbi after him

thos. more, 7:16:28 PM:
the fbi were on that sniper ship, too!

thos. more, 7:16:34 PM:
they were all in on it

thos. more, 7:17:01 PM:
those seals weren’t on the ship when that shit started

thos. more, 7:17:16 PM:
they were flown there,

thos. more, 7:17:28 PM:
and they parachuted into the fucking ocean!

Saul Cups, 7:17:35 PM:
i know

thos. more, 7:17:36 PM:
and had to be plucked from water and put on ship

Saul Cups, 7:17:36 PM:
i mean

thos. more, 7:17:42 PM:
is that the easiest way to get on a boat?

Saul Cups, 7:17:49 PM:
i don’t want anything about snipers in phila assoc with scups

Saul Cups, 7:18:07 PM:
that’s the last thing scups needs

thos. more, 7:18:19 PM:
i just meant i want fairmount hill to be safe from pirates

thos. more, 7:18:48 PM:
not that bacon dbags should be shot

thos. more, 7:19:24 PM:
oh dear, what is this shit

thos. more, 7:19:32 PM:
Google Latitude Introducing Google Latitude

thos. more, 7:19:38 PM:
‘See where your friends are right now
Enjoy Google Latitude on your phone, computer, or both.’

thos. more, 7:19:41 PM:
great

thos. more, 7:19:53 PM:
another tool for my stalkers

thos. more, 7:20:49 PM:
maybe next google will have a website where you can turn on your ‘friend’s’ webcam from your own browser

thos. more, 7:21:38 PM:
Google Bug enables you to turn your friends’ cell phones into listening devices from your computer!

April 27th, 2009 , , , ,

The Flying Saucer Cafe

2545 Brown St.
Philadelphia, PA 19130

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130
http://www.theflyingsaucer.net


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4 Responses to “The Flying Saucer Cafe”
  1. saul cups Says:

    happy birthday?

  2. Troy Says:

    It’s too bad you didn’t come in when Slayer was blasting from the speakers… that would definitely have added to your comments. The next time you decide to come in, which I really hope you do, introduce yourself!

    Troy

  3. thos. more Says:

    Comments are temporarily disabled due to another website’s weird current offer of free coffee to anyone who comments here. While cafetableaux enjoys a feisty dialogue with the community, the offer is in poor taste for causing the reader to question the objectivity and sincerity of the discussion.

    in the meantime, familiarize yourself with the answers to these frequently overheard questions:

    may i rebut to another tableauxist’s text about a specific shop?

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  4. Steinberg Says:

    As a long-time Fairmounter, I am perplexed. Isn’t a neighborhood coffeeshop supposed to be a place where people from the neighborhood come, get great coffee, hang out, write on their computers and surf the internet, and discuss current events?

    The Flying Saucer is ground zero for all of us who live here. It is a place where all of us have befriended other locals who we would never gotten to know otherwise. These friendships are genuine. We all care about one another, have gotten to know each other on a first name basis, and are open to meeting as many people from the neighborhood as possible.

    As a central business in our neighborhood, The Flying Saucer goes beyond the function of the standard coffeehouse by receiving and holding packages for all of us, providing free wifi (for as long as we wish to stay), and acting as a gallery for local artist. Many times, the owner has seen me waiting for the bus, and ran out with my coffee, knowing that I didn’t have time to come inside. Where else would you get this type of service?

    The coffee comes from La Colombe. There are soy mild drinks for the vegans and even handmade, locally produces vegan cookies for people. Some of the pastries come from Miele (the best bakery in town). What more could one want?

    As for the conversations at the coffeeshop, they are never the same from day to day. My suggestion would be, if someone says something that you disagree with, pipe up. Don’t like eating wild game? Afraid of pirates? Whatever your point of view, say something then and there, not annonymously.

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