Today it is cloudy, so our plans for a glorious jaunt on our bikes has been replaced with visions of productivity: at 3pm, we pick up the final prints for the "bay area by bike" photo series (which, may we add, is a mere 6 days away), and now, we are sitting down with iced vanilla lattes to finish plotting our route across the last third of the country. Currently we're enjoying the 20-mile lakefront bike trail in the good old Windy City.
Yesterday, au contraire, was not a special day. We decided to work on our route at the much-acclaimed other bike cafe in the City, the Velo Rouge Cafe. Now, we had heard about this place as a biker's haven--though we'd also heard that it recently changed hands--and we'd passed it a few times entering or exiting Golden Gate Park on Arguello Blvd. So we pulled up, parked at the rack provided (check), and entered to order our customary IVLs (see above). After taking our seats on their wrought iron chairs (fashionable, perhaps, but comfortable?), we began to take stock of our surroundings:
-do any of these people actually ride bikes?
-who's chicken scratch is on the menu board?
cause we can't even find the word latte.
-not everyone is obsessed with Blue Bottle Coffee
and willing to pay $45 more for it.
-why do you ask "for here or to go" if you serve it
in the same damn (read: non-recyclable) plastic cup
-$5 for a cold one at 4pm? more like "sad hour"
-and why do you even serve beer if you're gonna
close at 5pm--on saturday
As we chugged the last of our beers and were pushed out the door at 4:58, we found the answer to our query, advertised on the window: "Velo Rouge is open for private party rentals starting at 6pm on the weekends!"
As we unlocked our hogs from the trendy rouge velo racks and started pedalling homeward, we felt justified in our denouncement of the other bike cafe, and we thanked our lucky etoiles for the boys over at Mojo, who are hosting our party, gratuitement.
5 comments:
yea velo rouge is odd like that.
iwas also turn off by their hours and their beans switch. they carried illy when they first opened, good to know that its diff. ownership now.
For another bike-friendly place, (well a decent rack infront &iknow most staff bikes) over at Lettus organic on steiner st.
And they serve some yummy food beers/wine (they dont close at 5...) AND most importantly anchor steam.
keep up the good bloggin -
we'll have to check out lettuce! love a good joint with staff cyclists.
too. funny.
so excited for Saturday!
I also noticed that V.R. is more people walk or drive in on a weekday morning. Not too many bike. I was the only one.
Mojo could do with a better Bfast menu.
re: mojo breakfast menu, your prayers have been answered: saturday and sunday mornings now they have homemade belgian waffles!
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