I used to work across the street from a little scuzzy building that originally housed a black hairstylist on one side and a TV repair business on the other. When they got priced out of the dilapidated shanty a series of failed businesses took turns at investing money in the place so that eventually someone came along and took it to the next level and now it is a prosperous Mexican Restaurant. The first suckers opened a very cool, way too alternative Coffeehouse and Tobacco store called Manor Road Coffeehouse. Their biggest drawback was under funding and it came down to outright begging from their customers before they finally went under after a year or so. After that it was Gabby and Mo's, still underfunded they were more professional and lasted a couple of years. Then it was The Sacred Cup with the same fatal flaw but they hung on for longer than anyone else and actually had good food and great coffee. Now it's a Mexican Restaurant.
Anyway, enough of the history lesson. When it was the Manor Road Coffeehouse it drew a lot of pierced and home tattooed slackers, intellectuals if you like, and few paying customers due to the fact that they ran it like a hangout for their penniless friends, as a hobby. I was kind of pissed when I drew this one. Can you tell?
