OCF Coffee House — Restaurant in Philadelphia

FINALLY! A chain food and beverage business operated by a gentrifying land developer owned by a local government candidate who also runs a news publication! This is EXACTLY where I want to put my money!!! Forget that they do nothing original (just look at the menu of any competitor which existed in their location before forced out by OCF's deep pockets and proficient ability to hate campaign), underpay their under trained staff and charge prices reflecting local, organic fare when in actuality they source less than 2% of their product ethically ... forget that the owner pre-allocates funds in anticipation of legal costs incurred through the destruction of historically preserved architecture .. forget all that. Give OCF your money and watch them grow. Why? Because their under trained, under paid staff will serve you cheap imitations of food you can get anywhere else in the city that's actually made with quality, fresh ingredients. To be clear, despite the service sucking (I once actually witnessed an employee shaving behind the counter with an electrical shaver ..no really, I swear, I'm not kidding ... that really happened) I am not blaming the employees. It's weird how often I've just randomly been talking to someone and found they were a former employee and hooollyyy crrappppp ... talk about employer hate. But anyway ... actually, I'll get off my soap box. Seriously feel free to go check it out for yourself. Bring 16 bucks for 1 person and prepare to feel the warm, full feeling of frustration rushing through your body as you realize you've just given it to unethical crooks

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This coffee shop doesn't have straws. That makes about as much sense as a BBQ restaurant not having napkins or a hair salon banning hair dryers because they use too much electricity. When I get an iced coffee, I want that liquid neatly deposited into my caffeine starved, gaping pie hole, not dribbled through a sloppily designed strawless lid opening where the liquid catches in the seam between the cup and the lid and promptly drips down the front of my shirt, and the ice slides like an avalanche towards my mouth due to gravity from tilting the cup, pushing the liquid forward suddenly and causing a delightful variety of accidents. I know OFC Coffee House is saving the planet by forgoing straws, however they also have tiny bags of chips for sale - where upon finishing that tiny, single serving of chips (wouldn't want to gain weight!) the bag will immediately be thrown into the nearest landfill. Not to mention they use hundreds of plastic iced coffee cups and lids per day, automatically negating their world-saving straw ban. Did I mention they have reusable straws available for sale for the low, low price of $15? Yes, every morning I'll remember to wash and dry my fancy reusable straw, throw it into my filthy backpack, proceed to OFC coffee shop, then throw my soaking wet $15 straw back into my backpack, where it will collect every piece of lint and other unknown garbage particles hiding out in there until I can finally wash and dry my precious straw again. Life is full of enough endless tasks and I'm going to be ash and dust someday. Just let me enjoy my iced coffee via the simple pleasure of the...

It was an interesting little spots, I would not say it was so wonderful, but decent if you desire a meal to eat. When I first came in and sat down at the table in the back room, I waited for about 15 minutes and realize something must be wrong when no one came over to take our order. After asking one of the employees at the front, I was told that you must place your orders up front pick up a number after paying for your order, and put it on your table and await your food to be delivered to your table. There are no signs anywhere to designate how this process works. I mentioned this to the employee up front that my suggestion would be to have a sign up that says place orders and proceed to sit at table and wait for food to be delivered once prepared, her response to me was, people don't read signs. I definitely don't agree with that at all. They actually have a host counter of some sort with menus on it at the entrance of the restaurant to give you the idea that someone is supposed to come over and great you, but when nobody did, I assumed you just sit down by yourself and wait for someone to come over and take your order. I was wrong! A lot to say about a small cafe in the city, but this was my experience this morning. My only suggestion would be to be a bit more organized, or even say hello to people upon entering your restaurant letting customers know how this process works, since you feel signs are not a good idea, because people don't read them, which I 100% disagree with. Have a...