IFN, some time to kill and so the boy and I head over to Cafe Beano on 17th Avenue. We're going to The Coup for dinner, but it doesn't open until 5:00, and so we'll kill some time with a cup of coffee.
Now it's been forever since I've had a coffee there, despite having lived in the area for almost 20 years, somehow or another it just dropped off the map. A shame, it's great, the layout, the crowd, it's a proper coffee house, what coffee houses used to be before they became the dull Starbucks clones. An excellent place to while away the time, read a book, people watch...
From here to The Coup on 17th Avenue, a vegetarian restaurant I've heard good things about. And despite us arriving at 5:05 it's already half full, and by 5:30 there's a wait for tables. A busy place.
The food is good, vegetarian, I let the waitress surprise me and it's a pleasant surprise. The ambiance is nice, food is good, reasonably priced.
And from here to The Uptown for the movie - American - The Bill Hicks Story. I found it OK, the boy liked it, if you know who Bill Hicks is or was you'll probably love it. I didn't, such is life without TV, and the boy didn't either, but he's at the age where the rebellion against the establishment is a great theme warmly received and so I suspect upon dropping him off he was searching Google for more of his comedy.