Whats on Tap
Drunken Monkey
You have to love the name: Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar. My friend John made me aware of the place this past weekend, when he drove down Bumby in Orlando and saw Conway's BBQ has gone the way of the wind and there was a sign in the window stating as much. Not to say I was completely surprised, everytime you drove by Conway's you'd be lucky if you caught a cat in their dumpster. I went in once, because I felt bad they had no business at the Bumby location. And the food was pretty decent.
As far as the tanked ape's new joint, it opens in September and this is what its Web site has to say:
"Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar was conceived to fill the need for excellent coffee and healthy foods in Orlando. We offer...
- Freshly roasted espresso/coffee/coffee beans daily.
- Homemade gourmet soups drummed up fresh in our kitchen by Soupcon owner John.
- Yummy muffins, cookies, and pastry items made from scratch.
- Lots of veggie, vegan and organic choices.
- Xylitol-based goodies (sugarfree but good for you! seriously check out xylitol).
- Open mike entertainment.
- Convenient drive thru expresso-based fixes."
I love the line: "Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar was conceived to fill the need for excellent coffee and healthy foods in Orlando." I wonder what the folks at Dandelion Communitea have to say about that, although their focus is tea and not coffee. I would love to see them play it out like the Jets and the Sharks and end up having a tree hugoff.
It could also be the same owners forcing a hippie monopoly. How's that for an oxymoron? Either way, I'm looking into it. No mention of alcohol on the site... hmmm. There better be some damn booze if you got a liquored up monkey as your mascot.
One thing is for sure, the new coffee bar will be yet another destination for many of the spoken word, crunchy, vegan, drum circle-types in this town. In otherwords, this business model will get a crowd no doubt.
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In my father's house coffe is good. In my father's house health food is good. In my father's house a Drunken Monkey is either a place to eat or a weird sexual position.