Dec 19 2009It's A Frap!: A Geek-Friendly Coffee Shop
This is a gallery of blackboard signs from a coffee shop in Beatsthehelloutofme, Insertstatehere. Everybody who works there must be some kind of geek because they all feature characters you're probably familiar with (plus Gary Busey, because he's f***ing insane). Anybody know where this is? Any chance of of a Geekologie-inspired board? May I suggest the Geekologie Writer's "PEW PEW!" Double Shot Espresso? Get it? PEW PEW/double shot?! God I slay me.
Hit the jump for a ton more including a heaping spoonful of Zelda-themes.
baristas (with even more)
via
It's A Frap! [buzzfeed]
Thanks to Zach and Obama Pacman, who like their coffee like they like their women: with a full, buttery body and virtually no acidity.
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Reader Comments
1. Max Brown - December 19, 2009 8:17 PM
FIRST!!!!
...zomfga...
2. oddwala - December 19, 2009 8:18 PM
too many starbucks to guess... theyre everywhere
3. Josh - December 19, 2009 8:21 PM
i <3 cock
4. Eskimobob - December 19, 2009 8:31 PM
4th? nope... FAIL
5. j berry - December 19, 2009 8:34 PM
this has got to be like a week old by now :(
6. Sherlock homies - December 19, 2009 8:37 PM
haha these were good. btw its in canada. Was that zalgo?
7. Esquire - December 19, 2009 8:44 PM
Yeah. This is Beatsthehelloutofme, Insertprovincehere. Not Beatsthehelloutofme, Insertstatehere. Something tells me Americans don't know who Stephen Harper and Jack Layton are, let alone random geeky coffee shop.
On Topic, this is awesome.
8. Goon - December 19, 2009 9:17 PM
That fool! He messed up the Song of Healing! HE MIXED UP THE LAST TWO NOTES!
9. Jaja - December 19, 2009 9:26 PM
sex in teh bum =]
10. Dr.Meh - December 19, 2009 9:30 PM
Ahhh....Canada. It's America's Hat! South America is its beard.
11. ObamaPacman - December 19, 2009 9:44 PM
@5,
I've send it to GW awhile ago. He was probably too busy pew pewing at Avatar
12. Dishy Dishyington - December 19, 2009 9:46 PM
Canada. Although not densely populated, it's home to the densest population on earth.
(Just k. Luv u Canada.)
13. Dishy Dishyington - December 19, 2009 9:52 PM
Does the Bert and Ernie board slyly hint at buttseckz?
14. Spork - December 19, 2009 10:27 PM
I. MUST. GO HERE.
15. mofohurts - December 19, 2009 10:41 PM
please i am desperate for some hits
http://mofohurts.wordpress.com/
no comments for the geeky coffee shop tho
16. undoings - December 19, 2009 10:52 PM
oh god mudkipz.
17. Heather - December 19, 2009 10:52 PM
It is a Starbucks in Canada :)
I MUST FIND IT NOW!
18. Heather - December 19, 2009 10:53 PM
@ 15
Piss off. No one gives a fark about your site.
19. White667 - December 19, 2009 11:38 PM
Old man, seen this a couple weeks ago.
20. truthy - December 20, 2009 12:19 AM
every employee at this coffee shop is a 13 year old virgin.
21. ObamaPacman - December 20, 2009 1:02 AM
Found more info after story was sent to GW. Wrote up an article with even more photos.
CAFE LOCATION:
http://obamapacman.com/2009/12/its-a-frap-artistic-geeky-cafe-boards-with-location/
22. Matt - December 20, 2009 3:56 AM
It's the Starbucks in the Chapters at Sherwood Park Mall, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. I remember seeing a bunch of these starting with the Mudkips one (embarrassing my wife by laughing my ass off at Mudkipz and snapping pics with my phone).
23. White Lotus - December 20, 2009 4:07 AM
Holy Damn, they had me with Ackbar but the Aperture Storage Cube WINS.
24. Jaded Icon - December 20, 2009 8:11 AM
Commerce needs more geek references. We hold the power now! Mom! Where's my meatloaf!!!
25. ~zeus~ - December 20, 2009 11:01 AM
the zelda ones r stupid.. but love the rest
26. Jrdn - December 20, 2009 11:04 AM
I was kinda expecting Hal to tell me what to drink.
27. jerkface - December 20, 2009 11:48 AM
Way to make the other barrista look like an underachieving jackass.
28. Renee - December 20, 2009 11:54 AM
3.ly/teenloveforever
3.ly/teenloveforever
3.ly/teenloveforever
My home video!!
29. somefamousguy - December 20, 2009 12:14 PM
This is pretty awesome, right?
oh! I just realized my cat is down by my feet. Sorry little guy!
30. cabbo - December 20, 2009 12:17 PM
This is cool, as you all know.
31. leftRIGHTleft - December 20, 2009 1:10 PM
it's unfortunate the guy writes like a third grader though, it really distracts from the awesomeness of his drawings
32. Extraabsorbant - December 20, 2009 1:57 PM
they're definitely canadian, with that line about stephen harper.
33. Kevin - December 20, 2009 2:30 PM
It was as Matt said, at the Starbucks in Sherwood Park.
I saw the Ackbar near the end of summer 2008 when I was visiting Edmonton.
34. Chesha - December 20, 2009 5:59 PM
oo;; Omai. I am going to go live there now. G'bai.
35. JaDeD - December 21, 2009 10:35 AM
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA
FOR THE WIN!!!
36. Lord of the horse beaters - December 21, 2009 2:44 PM
This being done should be LAW!
37. blu - December 21, 2009 6:06 PM
So do Canadians not know how to spell frappuccino?
The artwork's pretty impressive, especially because I don't think I've ever put forward that much effort for a minimum wage job.
38. jaime - December 22, 2009 10:09 AM
that is some amazing artwork, geek or not. who can draw like that with chalk?!
39. Mel - December 22, 2009 6:22 PM
Dallas, TX FTW :)
Can't remember exactly where, though :(
Yeah, yeah, I really get around (town) a lot.
40. Sari - December 23, 2009 10:10 AM
Serious WIN.
41. Lols:D - December 23, 2009 12:18 PM
Best. Coffee shop. EVER!
42. Tony Shoe - December 28, 2009 9:12 AM
This is clearly an out of work artist, or as many of you may know them, an artist. This guy/gal should work as an illustrator.
43. Zac Bowling - December 29, 2009 12:17 AM
This is fantastic! WOW
44. Joe K - December 31, 2009 1:18 PM
Oh America --
You call us your hat, when in reality, you are our diaper.
We are all of us, even we Canadians and you Americans, Bozos on this Bus.
45. Henry Bowman - January 2, 2010 3:24 PM
Yeah, the very first photo immediately pegged this as either Canada or the UK (Americans don't spell flavor with a U).
46. john - January 25, 2010 12:27 PM
Funny post !!!
47. Buzz - January 28, 2010 10:36 AM
Fantastinc. Very funny
48. Dalulz - February 1, 2010 11:04 AM
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=59609&id=672931081 the artists facebook album.
49. Optimus - February 4, 2010 4:27 PM
I love it, I would visit this coffee shop regularly just to see who the next barista is for the day :-)
50. mok - February 14, 2010 5:50 PM
I have been a reader for a long while, but this is my first time as a commenter. I just wanted to let you know that this has been / is my favorite entry of yours! Keep up the good work and I'll keep on checking back.
Sell Gold
51. Rhiannon - March 9, 2010 1:16 PM
Went there this past weekend (Sherwood Park Mall Starbucks), no signage! My heart broke a little.
52. Aimee Webb - May 29, 2010 5:32 PM
Sorry if someone already answered but I showed the it's afarap one with a friend and she said she saw it in Dana Point CA :))) XD
53. titanisiam - July 7, 2010 7:20 PM
These are all done by a friend of mine, Patrick Maloney. He works at the Starbucks in Chapters, in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=59609&id=672931081
Please give credit where credit is due! Thanks!