{"id":25818,"date":"2022-03-30T13:31:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T18:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=25818"},"modified":"2022-03-30T13:31:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T18:31:28","slug":"more-coffee-adventures-with-chris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=25818","title":{"rendered":"More Coffee Adventures with Chris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I started going back in to the office the beginning of March, I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of going on coffee runs with my friend Chris Townley. We went to <a href=\"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=25778\" >Mokas<\/a> a few weeks ago and have also visited a few other coffee shops. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51926442814\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Sunflower Cafe\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51926442814_85fbedc746_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Sunflower Cafe\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunflower Cafe is one of our favorites. It started as a coffee truck at the <a href=\"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=14369\" >ICT Pop-up Urban Park<\/a>, which is no more. To clarify, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sunflowerespresso.com\/\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunflower Espresso<\/a> coffee bus still exists. It&#8217;s the pop-up park that&#8217;s gone &#8212; which makes me very sad because it used to be my go to place for lunch. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51926103486\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Sunflower Cafe\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51926103486_d8eac131a3_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Sunflower Cafe\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here are some pictures from our Sunflower Cafe adventure&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51926194643\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Sunflower Cafe\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51926194643_7b433eea76_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Sunflower Cafe\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The interior of the place is not huge but I&#8217;m grateful that you can at least go inside, unlike at <a href=\"https:\/\/espressotogogo.com\/\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Espresso to Go Go<\/a>, where you have to stand outside in the cold to order and wait for your drink. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51926442634\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Sunflower Cafe - Menu\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51926442634_07f223ae8c_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Sunflower Cafe - Menu\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above is a picture of their menu and below are the cafe hours and daily specials. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51926103526\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Sunflower Cafe - Hours and Daily Specials\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51926103526_f5402c7afc_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Sunflower Cafe - Hours and Daily Specials\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The coffee is good but my favorite thing at the cafe is their selection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LovieCoICT\/\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lovie &#038; Co ICT<\/a> handmade artisan chocolate bars. Brian doesn&#8217;t like all the stuff in it but I sure did. I bought a bar for us to share, so I picked one that I thought Brian would most like, but he prefers his chocolate bars unadulterated so I ended up eating all of it myself &#8212; which I was totally fine with, LOL.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51926735125\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Lovie &#038; Co ICT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51926735125_b4a90f47c2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Lovie &#038; Co ICT\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever got a hankering for good chocolate (and coffee), you know where to go. Until next time, GNG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I started going back in to the office the beginning of March, I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of going on coffee runs with my friend Chris Townley. We went to Mokas a few weeks ago and have also visited a few other coffee shops. Sunflower Cafe is one of our favorites. 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