Guessing it's this: https://awakening.bar/

Yep. Didn't want to share it because it's embarrassing how taped together that page is, but I had to put something up in an afternoon, because in the absence of a website people were taking photos of the menu on the iPads to take home.

This is such a great example of how iterative design works.

Built it an afternoon—the fit and finish looks fantastic and 100% complete. It perfectly solves the problem that you described so simply and well.

Everything looks delicious. You could polish up the design if you want, but I think it's getting the job done. I'd definitely go if I was nearby after seeing the menu :)

Fwiw I really like the current design. If you hadn’t said it was taped together I had assumed that it was purposefully designed like that. It not really brutalist, but adjacent, somehow? That seems fitting for an unconventional coffee shop IMO.

@jacktribe - All the best.

I looked at the website, and I understand it is WIP. Is this a mistake that needs fixing? "Americano - Espresso with hot water. $4.50 (Medium) $4.50 (Large) "

I wonder — hot water is pretty cheap. Maybe size and number of espresso shots are independent… only the latter should matter for cost I guess.

It’s disingenuous to charge 50¢ more for a few oz of water.

Are you under the impression that coffee shops employ a cost-plus business model?

Oops that’s indeed an error on our part. The medium has 2 shots, the large has 3 shots, so there should be a slight price difference. Will correct in the AM. Thanks!

Man think you need to raise prices.

Not that you asked ;)

Dude. You have NOTHING to be embarrassed about.

It's a breath of fresh air to have such a nice clean site that loads fast and has nice photos, clear description and price.

I wish more sites were like this.

(only issue I can see is some descriptions are truncated despite space being available for the rest of the text on my desktop)

> site that loads fast

What are you talking about. It takes over a second to load everything and the content jumps once or twice as it is loading. If this was a static website, not a 'web app', it would load faster without jumping around.

Now don't get me wrong, the design is amazing for a coffee shop, but it certainly isn't fast.

Interesting. I clicked on the link and it showed up almost instantly. And as I scrolled nothing loaded in or jumped around. So in assumed it was a static site with optimised images.

The jumping around happens on initial load. First the description loads, then the logo on top, which pushes the description down, and finally the menu items, which push the footer down. After that, the site is smooth.

It's not a static site.

It doesn't work without javascript.

On first load from Germany it was there, almost instantly. Certainly under 0.5secs. And no content jumps either. Desktop, Linux, FF, µBo.

I think the site looks grand. One suggestion would be to make your card background white rather than yellow. I think it would help with contrast against the background of the site and make the text easier to read. Other than that you have your opening times, your menu and your location, and it's all front and centre. The only thing I'd add is a map to make your location easier to find but that's not a huge deal.

No. White would be bad. But the yellow could go more mellow ;-) Somewhere into the direction of 'Manila', or so. Would be more fitting to the whole coffee thing, anyways.

Hot Turmeric Latte!

Looks great!

I'd just remove the sticky header with the blur effect and those shadows below the cards. Maybe make the menu categories collapsible. This is going in a modern minimalist direction which I prefer in such cases. If you need any design tips, feel free to ping!

Add some “we don’t accept cash” signs too to be nice to your customers, I’ve seen multiple instances of flustered people getting caught by no cash policies in the last year.

It’s the worst once someone has gone all the way through a tablet/GUI menu and made all their purchase decisions only to be awkwardly thwarted at the payment step. Negative bonus points if there is a line of customers behind the pour soul attempting to use cash

We're waiting on some decals for the front door that say just that.

That's a good option, because if there's a shop next door that takes cash I will definitely go there and tip in cash.

This just seems like an unnecessarily unkind response that you could have kept to yourself.

And if go the other way. We both get to do things the way we want without getting in each others way. The system works!

[UK here, where I feel we are slipping slowly but relentlessly towards the worst parts of the American Way in many areas including this one]

I typically use a credit card but on principle, I avoid places that don't accept cash.

There are many less fortunate people that can't get a credit or debit card and I don't want to support practices that hurt them even more.

> people that can't get a credit or debit card

Why is that?

No fixed address.

Not enough spare money to maintain a bank account.

No desire for a high-fee credit card, no access to a low-fee credit card.

No acceptable documentation.

Interesting. The second one strikes me as odd. I have never paid any fees for a current account unless it went into the red, not in the UK nor in Norway. And a debit card is free in Norway and the UK.

They meant that the person doesn’t have enough to maintain the minimum balance in the account.

Capital one has free checking. So that's no problem.

Cash costs money too. We always talk about the cost of credit cards but always forget the cost of dealing with cash.

I'm super happy with all this modernization. I only need to carry an Apple Watch, not even my phone. I love it.

Holy shit, I just got here (El Segundo) from DC. I may forgo The Boy and the Bear tomorrow morning for Awakening Coffee.

If you do, I'll probably make your coffee tomorrow :)

I ended up not having time :(

Wow this takes me back. I went to the Boy and Bear in Culver all the time back when it opened. Eventually my tastes grew beyond their coffee quality, but still some good memories there.

What have you graduated/ascended to?

Hah mostly just make coffee at home since the pandemic. Mostly I buy coffee from Onyx in Arkansas. I also get cold brew from Go Get Em Tiger, which is solid.

Tbh not sure if my issue with Boy and the Bear is the quality or just that I don't tend to like south/central american beans all that much. I go for Rwanda when possible.