Back when you could look someone in the eye and not have them look back at their screen. Back when if you were out eating and the phone rang, too bad. Back when a coffee shop was a place for conversation, congregation, and nice, regular black coffee.
This enterprising store has brought those days back, and we are buying what they’re selling. 1995 is a bit far back – WiFi didn’t get started until midway through the two-thousands – but perhaps they mean to return to when the internet was just a gleam in a bunch of nerds’ eyes.
Choose Your Opponent
The choice is a classic one: one, single, solitary horse-sized duck? Or 100 duck-sized horses? Are they working as a team? Are the animals aware they're at a different size than they should be? Does the huge duck see you as a big piece of bread? Are the animals in a fight to the death or will they run away?
Most importantly, why can't we settle our differences with conversation rather than violence? Do you have any idea how many people would like to have a duck-sized horse? Heck, I'd be fine with a horse-sized duck. El Arroyo has raised these questions and more.
This One Isn't Even Very Good
Come now, El Arroyo – two signs on one page – this sign is not your best. It takes a little bit of thinking even to understand what they're talking about, and once you do figure it out, you'll groan and roll your eyes and go across the street to the Taco Bell, because there is no way you're going to reward that sort of creative output.
What does El Arroyo sell? Do they actually cook food? Is it just a bunch of writers who sit around a table and come up with witty – or hopefully witty – signs?
We Wonder if Chameleons Eat Here
Here is another sign that seems to think that a threat is a good way to bring in the bucks. There are no menus? You will be served what you deserve? What could they possibly know about me? You do not know me! You do not know what I have done! Or...have not done!
But the sign is a lie – we are not going to be served what we deserve, we are going to be served what the people working here think we deserve. At the end of the day though, going to a peaceful place to eat is ideal.
Well, That's Good News, I Guess
This is...sort of the bottom of the barrel when it comes to positive reviews, but at least the owner is being honest with us. Of course, we expect the owner to want to eat where he works – a man or woman must have pride in his or her work, artistic or otherwise. But, we wonder if the approval goes any deeper.
Is the owner happy with the food being served? Does he/she think it could be improved? Is he/she worried about the quality of the food compared to the cost and speed of preparing and serving it? Let's hear more.