This Saturday morning we find ourselves driving to Dundas Street, with Mike fishing around for coins in the little drawer in his car. That’s because on Stop 69 of our weekly Search for Vancouver's Best Coffee, we’re at a funky café called Far Out Coffee Post, which has pinball machines.As you know, Mike’s got a long history with East Van. Back in the day, this East Village prodigy killed time on weekends hanging out at his second home, Hastings Produce. This small neighbourhood grocery’s biggest feature? Two arcade machines.My guy wasn’t one of those kids that got an allowance. But he was resourceful at making a quarter go far. Which is perfect, because that was the price of one arcade game at that time.
The food is fresh, generous and delicious. The staff is also the best.
Great prices, friendly staff, definitely a great place to grab coffee before work
Rock 'n' roll coffee!!. It's Far Out, all right, far out from where you'd expect to find a cool caffeine dealer in the warehouse slums of East Van. But this place, which opened in early 2013, has a hard-rockin' vibe -- everything from the music they play to the tattooed neighbourhood crowd that drinks there and the Danzig band T-shirt on the skinny Viking-looking dude who pulls the espresso. It's not a hipster joint -- call it "thrashster."
The cappucino I got there was decent -- not as burnt-tasting as many Vancouver espresso drinks, although not as smooth as an Australian flat white. Far Out looks to be getting its act together with its food items. Bakery selections were not overwhelming, and appeared to be brought in from outside. But some of the other tables around me were getting served some decent-looking brekkie selections. If I was 20 years younger, and had ink permanently injected all over my hide, I would SO be hanging out here. In my Dayton's punk-stomper boots, FTW!
This is a great new little spot. The menu is still limited, but they serve good stuff and is a great local cafe. Friendly, honest folks and solid cups of coffee.
We almost don’t want too many people to know about this place and just keep it a secret, but judging how much traffic they had the last morning we were there, we’re pretty sure the secret is already out.
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