An Ode to a Coffee Shop in Sierra Madre…
Hey buddy! Why don't you pull through and get a pour-over? Let us comfort you with coffee and croissant.
Sure, for the Search Engines crawling this, Syndicate is the best coffee shop in the San Gabriel Valley (SGV) that serves tasty pastries. I give it 10 out of 5 stars! No notes!
With that out of the way, let’s get to the heart of the matter. What’s the deal with Syndicate? You get your coffee here, you meet underrated legends, your friends, your kid’s friends, a random Tuesday night fling, family. You NAME IT! It’s all here.
Don’t you DARE ask for the restroom. No, before you even think about it go to Taylor’s or to Starbucks… We don’t believe in restrooms here—we hold it. For a long, long time. Honestly, it’s medically unsafe.
We’ve talked to Alex about it and he is all like ¯\(ツ)/¯ – whaddya do?
Our coffee is great, though. Have a sip. Our pour-overs are superb. We have other wonderful concoctions, too. Yuzu Tonic Spritzer thing? We got that, too.
Also, flies. That middle window in our store gets a fly or two, sometimes a wasp. Not to worry, it’s a feature, not a bug (but also a bug). Come get us, we’ll remove them for you. (What’s the deal with gathering at that window, tho? sometime who is a scientist or biologist please tell us, anyone with ‘ist’ at the end of their profession, except nudists. We’re sorry, but that’s not a profession, or we could find it on LinkedIn.
I’ll be honest, I expected ZERO hits on that Google search, but here we are. But this won’t fly on LinkedIn, in case you were curious. Speaking of which, did you know that if you ask Alex if he has an Instagram, he responds with his OnlyFans link instead? And it’s not what you think; it’s a smattering of philosophical diatribes and feet pics (maybe it IS exactly what you thought).
Also, at the time of this writing, the wifi in this coffee shop remains generationally awful—were it not for good coffee, chats, and more, I’d probably go ham on the place. Syndicate, home of the world’s worstest WI-FI.
So come to Syndicate, we at the foothills of the San Gabriels, located between fifteen nail salons, Lucky Baldwin’s and the Sushi place next door (go try it, it’s good).
