We go to coffee shops not only for our daily fix of caffeine. You might think it's the cute barista behind the counter, great customer service, or modern interior design, but there are a latte more details a cozy cafe can use to steal customers from their competitors around the corner. Bored Panda has collected a series of clever coffee house designs and solutions, and the creative ideas are so out there, we can't get bean-ough of them. From giving away used grounds as compost and never-seen-before coffee shop designs to coming up with alternative syrup names (yes, I'm talking about the 'bee vomit'), the best coffee shops on this list are funny enough to make anybody's day.
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The Café At My Closest Beach Gives Free Drinks To People Who Collect A Bucket Of Litter From The Beach
I would be cleaning twice a day, because one coffee is not enough. ;)
Load More Replies...I like this coffee shop so much that I'd fill a bucket for them and not even take the drink.
This is a fantastic idea!! Wonder how many buckets get filled daily. This would be fun to do with the kids as well to teach them to take care of Mother Earth.
Owner Tired Of Rude Customers Puts Up Genius Bar Sign To Teach Them A Lesson
Hi, how are you? If it’s not too much trouble, could you be a dear and make me one small coffee please? Thank you so much!
It makes me extremely sad and disappointed that this even has to be asked.
I agree, using manners when speaking to someone will go over much better than being bossy any day !
It's amazing that this needs to even be asked. Asking nicely is just automatic for me.
This Use Of The N In An Open Sign At A Café
I'm a sucker for puns - I'd probably stay there gloating until someone nudged me to kickstart me again.
Oh, I like this. The number of people who push on our door, even though the sign says Closed. Nope would probably sink in better.
It would probably make people think before pushing on the door to try to open it.
Load More Replies...Found At My Local Café
A little humor usually goes over very well with most people I find. It may also help prevent smudge marks forming on the glass too.
There was a craft shop where I stay where you could watch the crafter being creative. The sign on the window read: "Please clean you nose before pressing it to the glass."
No Smoking Sign At A Nearby Coffee Shop
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/mf_image_16x9/public/345eyrhfj.png?itok=35gvnyvU&resize=1100x619
Load More Replies...Dogs don't need to go everywhere. I like them but not everyone does and some people are scared or allergic.
Like that guy who punched the pregnant woman on the plane! 😣
Load More Replies...okay you got me. I blew on the screen to remove the hair. ya happy now? 😁
Load More Replies...Yes...well... in America most people act like their Mum's here and she'll just clean up their foul mess not matter how much of a Pig they are.
It's kind of apparent here that the staff are wanting their customers/clients to be on their best behavior. I don't know how effective signs like this really are though.
i do think these are in costa coffee shops, i've only seen them in two different ones (maybe i wasn't paying attention other times) but wtf i love this.
This Guy Runs A Coffee Shop Out Of A Beetle
Kinda funny I'm reading this and I'm currently at a vw festival and there's loads like this here!
This is what heppened after herbie's racing career went down the drain.
The Cafe Where I Work Got Broken Into. The Thief Was Greeted By This Note I Left Inside The Register
He who laughs last.... laughs best. It paid off for the guy who had the fun of making the note!
Hmmm I guess he didn't get the money but after reading this note he might have just trashed the place as a revenge
I'd have stuck another one underneath that said "And by the way, we have your fingers prints. Oh, and could you smile for the camera..."
The only thing that would make this better is if the note added, "But we got you on camera. Have fun in jail!"
My Local Coffee Shop Gives Free Compost Made From Their Used Coffee Grounds
Starbucks will you give you grounds for your garden too. Some have it on display and sometimes it's empty but just ask and they will fill it up.
Nevermind!!! This is what happens when you try to read with a 2 year old using you as a jungle gym. I see it's not a dollar sign. Smh
Load More Replies...This Coffee Shop Sizes Its Coffees By How Much You've Slept Last Night
So that's why I've had insomnia for the last 40 years...I must be Hercules! 😂
Load More Replies...XL is for 'WTF is Sleep'. XXL is for 'My dark circles make me look like a BoredPanda'. Coffee IV drip is for 'I think this is a good idea'
I filched these ideas off some website I read a while ago. It's not my funny.
Load More Replies...This New Café Opened In My Town, And I Noticed Something Funny About The Books They Had
This just makes me sad. Books replaced by electronic device chargers. Sigh.
Books will never be replaced, they are a separate entity all together. However, you can read on your phone, but you can't charge your phone on a book, except here, therefore, this is pretty cool, but by no means a replacement...
Load More Replies...I have a Leovo K5 Dual Sim, i have charger up, not down, so this would not be so good for me
Gardenista Café, Hanoi, Vietnam
I've been there several times. The whole coffee shop is filled with plants. Really nice place to chill
it's nice but if you go there with a laptop you will regret resting your arms for a log (long) time.
The Sign Outside My Local Coffee Shop
The Price For Pie, At The Café I Had Lunch At Today, Is $3.14
Oddly enough, in addition to it being "pi"... if you put 314 in a mirror it spells pie
Our Local Coffee Shop Uses Frozen Coffee Cubes For Iced Coffee
see above comment. It just keeps the coffee from getting watered down.
Load More Replies...I think I would be annoyed I couldn't close the lid and that I would have to wait to drink until melted.
As good as time released coffee. It will last for a few hours depending on room temperature
Load More Replies...I've had the same thought about high end restaurants - using frozen pop as it's ice cubes.
The Stir Sticks At My Coffee Shop Are Made Of Pasta
If your coffee issnt stirred enough after 8 minutes you might get allowed to take a second one
Load More Replies...I have Celiac I keep several reusable straws in my glove box, so this wouldn't really be an issue for me. If it was my first time at this shop without my own stirrer/straw (and if I drank something that needed stirring) I would request a spoon or something else to stir with and then make sure to carry my own in the next time. Of course, if you are sensitive enough that a pasta stick touching your beverage is going to make you have a reaction, you probably shouldn't be eating or drinking in restaurants anyway because there are none that can promise 100% no cross contamination unless they are entirely and specifically a gluten-free establishment.
Load More Replies...In my town we have a few artisnal coffee shops that have pasta instead of stir sticks. Its becoming a sort of trend here. The chains still use plastic ones though.
An Actual Canadian Coffee Shop
This Coffee Shop Lets You Borrow An Umbrella And Then Return It For A Free Coffee
Great marketing trick! Someone is making publicity for you for one day at the cost of a coffee. :-). Have to keep this one in mind!
Wouldn't a person just take the umbrella, as its more expensive and useful than a single cup of coffee?
Yes but the more they use the umbrella the more publicity it generates. It's still a win for the coffee shop.
Load More Replies...Aussie Coffee Shop Tells It Like It Is
Omg i love it. I think humor is just admitting things that everyone sees but don't admit it
This Coffee Shop Wall With Books Crashing Through
I agree, the concept is great but the execution is a bit messy.
Load More Replies...its supposed to look trashy, it supposed to look this way...... that's the point
A Tree Made Of 24,000 Pennies On The Floor Of A Local Coffee Shop. And A $700 Moon
I have always wanted to do this!!! I want to cover a bathroom floor to ceiling.
Sigh... where I live someone would've prised up the moon by now. We can't have good things.
Its covered in layers of that hard clear glossy stuff. They would have to sit there chiseling away at it lol.
Load More Replies...Omg I love it! (lol now I'm just gonna spend years collecting pennies till I can do that)
This Coffee Shop Uses Beer Taps To Dispense Cream And Milk
Eww. I work with beer taps. They're a b***h to clean even when properly used. I'm not sure there's a good line cleaning agent for milk and stuff.
My Chilled Coffee From The Store Has A Tiny Cookie Stored In The Lid
But I cringe at the waxed cup, the plastic lid, the piece of foil. So much waste for one drink.
If they would just leave the cookie un wrapped in there.
Load More Replies...This Coffee Shop Has A Handy Guide To Coffee Drawn On Their Window
So... whats the difference from a Macchiato to a Latte if they both use regular milk?
Macchiato only has a dollop of milk foam on top, while a latte has about 1/3 steamed milk.
Load More Replies...This Café Has Two Hot Water Dispensers With Different Temperatures To Suit Different Teas
*_* I feel like an old person for being excited about this but I'd love to have that choice *_*
Don't feel old. I would've loved this as a kid.
Load More Replies...That's close to boiling. Are they letting customers take this and immediately drink it? From an article about the women who sued McDonald's after requiring multiple skin grafts in her groin, " Liebeck's lawyers presented the jury with evidence that 180 °F (82 °C) coffee like that McDonald's served may produce third-degree burns (where skin grafting is necessary) in about 12 to 15 seconds" So, 205 and 185?
Now this is a nice first world problem that finally got solved!
oh, awesome! most places I've been to focus all their attention on coffee and don't give a c**p about us tea drinkers
This Café Uses Dinosaurs As Table Numbers
When your paleontologist side starts coming out and you vomit fun facts at everyone
"Sarah, you cover tabe t-rex and velociraptor. Karen, you're tables stegosauraus and pterodactyl. Everyone understand?"
There will be days where a very young customer will refuse to leave the table numbers behind
My kids knew if they went to a friends house they couldn't take their toys home with them so why would this be any different? And if they are too young to understand that, I doubt it's an issue.
Load More Replies...On A Café's Window In Sweden
Took my mother to eat at Cracker Barrell not too long ago & she NEEDED her wifi. So as a good daughter, I asked our waitress if they had free wifi. she told us that they didn't & it was because they prefer to have their guests TALK to each other! i love my wifi, too, but not when at a restaurant & in the company of people i care about. i got the warm fuzzies
To make as many as possible understand, tourists and immigrants for example, and since Swedes rarely have any trouble understanding English there is no need for a Swedish version.
Load More Replies...What if you act like the age you were in 1993? Assuming you were alive in 1993 that is.
This Coffee Shop Has 2 Cup Sizes: Biggie And Smalls
This Little Chair In A Café Has Its Back Legs Shortened To Fit On Top Of A Platform
Destined, always, to be in that one little area. A sad tale of a chair's existence. Its uniqueness is its destiny.
Please, I Want A Coffee With My Face On It
Came to say the same - no way anyone can take not their own coffee
Load More Replies...Cup Sizes At A Café In Nashville
WHAT!? You don't know!!!? It's the greatest cartoon ever!!!!
Load More Replies...If these are made according to amount of evilness of the characters, I think Peppermint Butler and Ice King should switch places!
💩 Milkshakes From A Local Café
That is the most delicious looking milkshake I have ever seen. It's not too covered in stuff that makes it look ridiculous. Like the ones with stuff dripping everywhere and ten kinds of candy all over it.
This Café Has An Illustrated Breakdown Of What Each Hot Drink Contains
I really like this... I may even try something new if I know what the options are and what is in them.
They have home Espresso macines, if you can afford one. They would save you $ in the long run.
Load More Replies...I would always have wondered what was in a pot of tea if it wasn't for this sign! Thanks so much!
The Options In The Restroom At A Local Coffee Joint In Mn
I want to know where this is cause I live in MN and I want to go here!
Would be excellent as a science experiment to see which is preferred more.
This Tim Hortons Turned An Old KFC Bucket Sign Into A Giant Coffee Cup
This is in the neighbourhood where I grew up!!! It was KFC when I lived there
Good Advice From My Favorite Coffee Shop
This Coffee Shop Used To Be A Real House
This Café Has The Flintstones Theme In Sheet On The Menu
You'd think they'd have a piece of Mozart. And that's probably why they did the Flintstones. Only people who can read music would get it though.
Shout Out To This Harlem Café Concealing Their 'B' Rating As A 'Brunch' Sign
isnt this a bit illegal because it needs to be noticeable by the public
I think it needs to be clearly "displayed". I don't think "noticeable" is in the wording.
Load More Replies...Food health and safety (mostly about cleanliness) as assessed by government inspectors, on an A (good) to F (bad) scale. The A rating is actually very easy to get, so anything lower is a bad mark against the restaurant and a warning to customers. An F rating would see the restaurant closed by the government as unsafe for people to eat at - usually due to vermin like rodents or insects being found in food served to customers. The B rating this restaurant is trying to conceal is likely because they weren't keeping hot food quite hot enough or cold food a degree or so above the recommended temperature, or maybe that clean dishes were stored upright rather than face down.
Load More Replies...The Dunkin Donuts Near Me Uses Coffee Beans In Their Ashtray
They have to be old, useless beans - they wouldn't just waste like that, not that much anywau
Regardless, they probably taste like the ones they serve.
Load More Replies...Stale coffee beans taste so horrible that this would be very accurate use for them.
You can smoke anywhere you like, so long as it isn't inside a public business, and isn't within 15 feet of a public access entrance, and isn't within 50 feet of an ADA compliant public access entrance, or on property of any government building, or school.
Load More Replies...The Silverware At The Cafe Double As Wrenches
This Café Umbrella Has An USB Port For Charging
This Café Prints A Picture Of You On Your Drink's Foam
But also super convenient for the waiters. All they need to do is look for the face in the foam.
Load More Replies...For those who wonder : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3141099/Forget-hearts-print-FACE-latte-Coffee-machine-lets-create-intricate-foam-art-just-10-seconds.html
It is quite literally a printer. But instead of ink they use food coloring or something similar.
Load More Replies...My Local Coffee Shop Lets You Choose Between 3 Types Of Toilet Paper
what if the scott and northern were empty first and got refilled first? what if the charmin has been there for weeks/months?
Load More Replies...Brought to you by the Michael Scott Paper Company!
Load More Replies...This Toilet Sign At A Café In Germany
This one isn’t funny. I’m female, and I can’t remember the last time I said ANYTHING to anyone aside from my sister. A lot of guys in my class can’t seem to keep their mouths shut, and same thing with girls. A lot of guys are quiet, as well as other girls. If anything, it seems guys talk more, because teachers won’t reprimand them for speaking out.
Vonskippy, I understand that a school is an isolated setting, but it is a piece of the real world. Also, I am not clueless, I am aware that women are considered to be more chatty but that’s becoming an outdated standard. If anything, you are leading a sheltered life as you are unaware of how things are finally beginning to balance out.
Load More Replies...Ok but i am serious here i don't understand this if I got there I'd have to ask which bathroom to go in
Lately I have noticed a trend of commenters just restating what is in the picture, even what is written there already, and they are getting a lot of upvotes. Is there a reason that is so popular, or am I just imagining it?
Lately I have noticed a trend of commenters just restating what is in the picture, even what is written there already, and they are getting a lot of upvotes. Is there a reason that is so popular, or am I just imagining it?
