What Your Favorite On/Off Campus Coffee Shop Says About You

There are no shortage of places to get your morning (or evening, no judgement) cup of coffee in Providence, Rhode Island.  Chances are you have been to most of them at some point in your career as a Brown student. Still, your favorite coffee shop says a lot more about you than you might think.

The Blue Room

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  • Constantly running to and from libraries
  • Was gonna be premed or an engineer but it’s too harddddddd
  • Has -20 points at the end of first semester
  • Loves memes
  • Just really likes Gail
  • Owns the heaviest backpack of all time

The Underground

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  • Not an artist but “sketches a little”
  • Had a tumblr in 7th grade
  • Lactose intolerant
  • Secretly listens to Billie Eilish
  • Eat the rich!
  • Owns expensive shoes

Blue State on Thayer

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  • (Self proclaimed) coffee connoisseur
  • Dog person
  • Loves Hillary Clinton
  • Doesn’t react well to criticism
  • Can you separate the art from the artist?
  • Donates yearly to the ACLU

Blue State at the Bookstore

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  • Had a secret fan account for Harry Styles in the 10th grade
  • Calls it “Playing Tinder”
  • Online shopping addiction
  • Humanities major
  • Wholesome
  • Only shops at Trader Joe’s

The Ratty

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  • Great multi-tasker
  • Questionable taste in music
  • Definitely going to hell
  • Sleeps with socks on
  • Used to tear it up in Wii Sports
  • Dog-ears book pages

Dave’s Coffee

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  • Rhode island <<33333
  • Knows the names of all the Kardashians but pretends to only know Kim
  • Can I borrow a sweatshirt?
  • Moving to gentrified Brooklyn after graduation
  • Only shops at Urban Outfitters
  • Chews gum kinda loudly

Bolt Coffee Company at Cafe Pearl at the RISD Museum

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  • Wishes they went to RISD
  • Watched a lot of Spongebob as a kid
  • Watches a lot of Spongebob as a young adult
  • Fashion inspiration: Steve Jobs
  • Career inspiration: Elon Musk
  • Knows more than one Lil Nas X song

Bolt Coffee Company at the Dean Hotel

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  • Can quote every vine ever made
  • Bites nails
  • Can’t keep a secret
  • Thinks they’re the mom friend because they had tylenol in their backpack ONE time
  • Keeps up with the Royal Family
  • Watches a lot of true crime documentaries

Starbucks

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  • Lives in the Scili
  • Dad’s credit card is loaded onto the app so it’s like it’s free coffee
  • Always claps during the Friends theme song
  • Founder of the white boy of the month fan club
  • Always gets the bandaids with cartoons after getting a shot
  • Didn’t eat pizza crust until age 14

New Harvest

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  • A liar (nobody has ever been here you just get New Harvest from the Ratty and don’t like to admit it)

And of course, last but not least,

Shiru Cafe (RIP)

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  • Cares about the environment but orders from Amazon 3x a week
  • Financially responsible
  • Dear Blueno top fan
  • Pretentious but not an asshole
  • Watches a lot of Grey’s Anatomy

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