Comments on: Filter Coffeehouse Opens in Foggy Bottom and They Want You to Leave Your Computers at Home http://www.popville.com/2012/05/filter-coffeehouse-opens-in-foggy-bottom-check-out-their-new-signs/ Welcome to the beautiful life Sat, 25 May 2013 05:29:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: aaaaaa http://www.popville.com/2012/05/filter-coffeehouse-opens-in-foggy-bottom-check-out-their-new-signs/#comment-479364 aaaaaa Tue, 22 May 2012 17:46:38 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64047#comment-479364 good lord man, i think it’s reasonable to say “although i don’t want to open my own pizza place/drug store/etc, i think that this particular pizza place/drug store/etc should change because of x.”

people can disagree about “x” and argue about it, but it makes no sense to respond with “WELL GO OPEN YOUR OWN PLACE!” that doesn’t actually respond to what folks are saying so it’s pretty unpersuasive.

]]> By: Novatnik http://www.popville.com/2012/05/filter-coffeehouse-opens-in-foggy-bottom-check-out-their-new-signs/#comment-479236 Novatnik Tue, 22 May 2012 15:18:44 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64047#comment-479236 All it takes is one arrogant lawyer to go ballistic because he can’t open his laptop and do whatever. And, knowing the group dynamics in this city, he won’t get shouted down and hooted out by the other customers, they’ll just bury their nose in their books and pretend it’s not happening.

]]> By: Bibliobella http://www.popville.com/2012/05/filter-coffeehouse-opens-in-foggy-bottom-check-out-their-new-signs/#comment-478751 Bibliobella Mon, 21 May 2012 16:39:41 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64047#comment-478751 I was, and still am very interested in Filter. Not only because they use Ceremony Roasters (the roaster wins Brewers Cup awards, and is in Maryland), but they add interesting roasts to their product line. For instance, I recently tried Colombia Cerro Azul Geisha, and it was delightful!

I was reading last Friday in the upper floor space. Similar to how I view many cafes opened during the work week only, this place is a stopping place and restarting place e.g., a great place to split the workday or end the work week, and start the weekend. I consider it a place of rejuventation before I go on my way making headlines in my own mind.

Good luck to them: they have a loyal fan base to start :)

]]> By: U St Neighbor http://www.popville.com/2012/05/filter-coffeehouse-opens-in-foggy-bottom-check-out-their-new-signs/#comment-478741 U St Neighbor Mon, 21 May 2012 16:29:34 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64047#comment-478741 I like this a lot. There are coffee shop I go to for coffe and study, and there ones that I like to go to for coffee with friends. This will be great for the latter!

]]> By: anonymous http://www.popville.com/2012/05/filter-coffeehouse-opens-in-foggy-bottom-check-out-their-new-signs/#comment-478601 anonymous Sun, 20 May 2012 19:42:52 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64047#comment-478601 I’m a local business owner and I agree with Rasheed. If you don’t like the business I’ve opened feel free to go somewhere else. DC is a big place with lots of options and folks vote with their feet. I opened my businesses because I thought they were a good idea and it was my life-gamble to take on wether or not others would enjoy my hard efforts as well. To those who post negatively on here about Filter’s rules (or any other establishments) I would love for you to go through the process of opening and running your own business. Feel free to quit your cushy air-conditioned job that someone else had the balls to create. Give up your health insurance, cash in your 401K and toss your degree in the toilet. Strap up your work boots and overhaul a dump that you fought tooth and nail with some dick-head business broker to get a fair price on and then enjoy the permitting process and DCRA (plus whatever god awful DC GOV agency you have to beg and plead with). Then there are a 1000 other steps from ordering supplies to hiring (honest) staff, printing, advertising, trash contracts, delivery schedules, utilities, BSing with the local ANC. You think running your 1 bedroom condo is difficult… …. the list keeps going and going… and after all of the work my partners and I have done you don’t like the rules set forth in OUR businesses PLEASE go somewhere else because plenty of people love what we’ve created for them and they’ll be back tomorrow and I thank them every damn time I seem them because they’re awesome.

I’m going to go out of my way to frequent this Filter and not only am I going to pay $5.50 of what sounds like a tasty and amazing beverage afterwards I’ll drop a buck or two for a tip, say “please & thank you” and do it all the while with a smile on my face because that’s how I fucking roll.

]]> By: Mikel http://www.popville.com/2012/05/filter-coffeehouse-opens-in-foggy-bottom-check-out-their-new-signs/#comment-478417 Mikel Fri, 18 May 2012 18:07:34 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64047#comment-478417 some of their baristas are super sexy too- something hot about the way they work that coffee into the foam, mmmmmmmmm

]]> By: Anon http://www.popville.com/2012/05/filter-coffeehouse-opens-in-foggy-bottom-check-out-their-new-signs/#comment-478416 Anon Fri, 18 May 2012 18:06:25 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64047#comment-478416 The leotard guy?!?

]]> By: Anon http://www.popville.com/2012/05/filter-coffeehouse-opens-in-foggy-bottom-check-out-their-new-signs/#comment-478413 Anon Fri, 18 May 2012 18:04:21 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64047#comment-478413 Socializing = alcohol? Very telling.

]]> By: Mikel http://www.popville.com/2012/05/filter-coffeehouse-opens-in-foggy-bottom-check-out-their-new-signs/#comment-478412 Mikel Fri, 18 May 2012 18:02:55 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64047#comment-478412 I loved the long sticks that they used to set the newspapers in, it had a rubber band at the end to hold it all together- I miss those attack weapons. Be good to use on some of the nastier posters here.

]]> By: Anon http://www.popville.com/2012/05/filter-coffeehouse-opens-in-foggy-bottom-check-out-their-new-signs/#comment-478407 Anon Fri, 18 May 2012 17:59:18 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64047#comment-478407 Just kidding.

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