196B

Last Monday, two gold (good, old) friends of mine chanced upon a new possible hang-out spot along Katipunan Extension. We originally planned to try out Schizo Café since we read good reviews about it, but when we went down the cab, we found out that the cafe was closed every Monday.

We then thought of going to Kopi Roti instead, so we crossed the six lanes of Katipunan Extension (God knows how scared I was while my friends where pulling me to cross the streetssssssss!)

When we reached the other end SAFELY (thank God!), we noticed a small place with some people inside. The sign outside spelled out: "Art. Café. Bar." So, we decided to try the new place out and went inside.

Apparently, the place was not yet officially open and the people inside are the owners of the café! They mentioned that the café is at it's very, very, very, very, very soft opening (which I think means that they're not yet ready to accept customers. Hahaha). But, they accepted us warmly and offered us drinks and foodsssss (at discounted prices or for free!) :)

We also had the chance to talk to the owners. Well, I think we both have no choice, they need to entertain us since we're their customers, and we have no choice because, well, they treated us pizza. The owner mentioned that the place was actually an art gallery plus a bar café. He shared that he and his business partner are very fond of jazz music (he's a jazz musician himself and he began enumerating good jazz bands whom I forgot right after he left our table. *shrugs*) and love appreciating art, thus the "Art. Café. Bar." was realized. When asked what the place is called, he just simply said, "196B" -- the exact address of the place. Well, either he just wanted his place to be remembered by his customers quickly or they're just lazy to think of other possible names for the café.

Well, I expected that Mark, Osep, and I will cap our days with a good sip of coffee at Schizo Café. But, it turned out that we ended our days with a good bottle of beer, a bowl of Chippy, a few slices of pizza, new acquaintances, and a fairly good memorable adventure. :)

P.S.

They only sell foreign beers for reasonable prices and wines (and cheese! The culture, baby!) but with cheaper rates. :)