Coffee Slingers

[kevinpate]

sheeesh, be a star and save your bucks and go get yourself a joe at 7-11 and chase it down with an Icy Drink back, or circle your cute k around to one of there yuck in a bag offerings. All this effort over the slinging either fresh or vintage dirty water seems a bit silly.
.oO(hit a few, missed a few, but time is short so it'll have to do)Oo.

Or do what I do and drink diet pop, available all around town in convenient single serving 2 liter containers.

[jstanthrnme]

I'm suprised that after 7 + months and 200 + posts, and this thread has not yet been moved to the Food & Restaurant section. Maybe if it gets moved, it will get burried there somewhere behind Cuppies & Joe.

[OKCTalker]

Mods - this thread has outlived its usefulness and/or relevance to coffee slingers. Please lock.

[Luke]

I vote to keep the thread alive.

[mecarr]

I vote to keep the thread alive.

I too vote to keep the thread alive. Coffee Slingers inspires passionate and thoughtful debate. Are the baristas rude or are they simply blessed with superior coffee knowledge? Is the coffee shop too empty and sprase or is it just thoughtfully spacious? Does the coffee taste bad or is it just that are our taste pallets are ill-equipped to appreciate its great quality?

Speaking of Coffee Slingers, they were featured recently on a newsok.com video about the grapes of wrath. In it, it frequently showed a person reading the Grapes of Wrath inside Cofee Slingers while she sipped what seemed to be a chai latte.

[Steve]

I'm still very, very concerned about the chairs.

[FritterGirl]

I'm still very, very concerned about the chairs.

Were they comfy enough for you at the Cox Center today? I tried to get your attn to have you sit at our table (we had an extra seat), but noted that you snuck up front to be with the important people!

[Joe Kimball]

Removed by me --FW

[Joe Kimball]

Is this a place that has featured live music or will feature it? The sound of the room seems suited to acoustic gigs of some type.

[lpecan]

I'll take the bait Steve. I hate the chairs. As a result, I dont sit in them. I'm away from OKC for a few months, and I can honestly say I think about Coffee Slingers everyday. But I do not miss the chairs. Do what I do; order coffee and stand up and drink it at the bar. First, you don't have to put up with the, you guessed it, bad chairs. Secondly, you can watch how hard they work and what perfectionists they are. That doesn't mean you'll like their coffee, but you'll at least be able to see that they care. Also, sitting at the bar, if they're not too busy, take a chance to ask Melody, Karli, Lauren or Ian a little bit about coffee. I'd be willing to bet you'd (not you personally but anyone) would find them quite friendly, and t might change one's low opinion.

But yeah, I don't like the chairs.

[fourthworldtraffic]

Well, coffee is what we go there for after all...F%#@ the rest. The community's support is important. I hope they don't end up selling.

[soonerguru]

Well, coffee is what we go there for after all...F%#@ the rest.

Spot on. I don't really need to be "friends" with my barista. Just give me the good **** and I'll be on my way.

[SavageDigital]

It's Alive!

Okay, so I was at 'Slingers today and...yes, one of the baristas was kind of a jackass. I'd seen her puckered puss there before, but this was my first interaction - but she seems more miserable than condescending.

...and to allay all concerns with "Community Day", they will be closed on Sunday's throughout the summer.

[fourthworldtraffic]

I think you are talking about the owner. What does "puckered puss" mean?

[SavageDigital]

I think you are talking about the owner. What does "puckered puss" mean?

I figured she was the owner, and interacted with her again today with the oft expected neutrality of previous visits. As for my description, what it means is: she purses her lips with a look comprised equally of unhappiness and hard-nosed resolve. One glance over their "Help Wanted" sign and you get that she's "no-nonsense", but you'd think she was ready to close the doors from the visible frustration.

FYI my thing was simply this - one of her employees was telling me what pastries they had after I had given my coffee order, two people walked in and she looked at them and then back at me and said words to the effect of "you need to hurry up buddy". Weird.

[Steve]

I wonder if Coffee Slingers would be a more popular hangout if the Union Station were torn down all together and a new home for Coffee Slingers was built in its place. Imagine all the business that could be generated by all those rail-hating highway engineers traveling the new I-40.

[Urban Pioneer]

I must confess that I was quite offended on my first trips there- Steve knows how easily offended I get. LOL But I got over it. The quality of the coffee is extraordinary. Quite frankly, I start my day there nearly every morning. I have grown so accustomed to the strength of the coffee that anything less might as well be Sanka instant crystals.

Plus, now the Shell gas station sports both the Oklahoman and the New York Times. Yes, I do read the Oklahoman. Since Taylor's has closed, the Shell is the only NYT outlet other than Starbucks.

Your coffee "Nazi" is also offering local roasters (Elemental Coffee) from time-to-time. Between the quality of the coffee and the "No Soup for You!" obedience requirements, I think I'm somewhere else and it makes the day far more interesting. Also- they do have couches and cushioned benches for those hating the chairs.

[Steve]

I'm still heart broken over the closing of Taylor's. By the way folks, Urban Pioneer and I will be getting together very soon and all is well. Urban Pioneer, as a tribute to OKC Talk, maybe we should order up coffee to go from Coffee Slingers (for fun, let's ask Melody if she carries Sanka), and then we'll sip it on the south steps of Union Station and raise a toast to Tom.

[Urban Pioneer]

Ha HA. Your on Steve!

[kevinpate]

Steve, wouldn' that be Sanka'le?

[Steve]

Um, not sure. Maybe I should ask Melody if she has the new instant Starbucks stuff instead? (Melody and friends, if you're reading this, know it's all in good fun).

[kevinpate]

Really stir things up, walk in with an empty McCafe cup and ask for a refill

[fourthworldtraffic]

Cappuccinos!

[dismayed]

I did not realize Taylor's had closed. How long ago did that happen?

[metro]

I did not realize Taylor's had closed. How long ago did that happen?

http://www.okctalk.com/okc-metro-are...nd-closes.html