Ugly Mug
I was in Santa Cruz for a little while today. Soquel, actually. On the way we stopped to pick up a chai. The thing about Santa Cruz is, almost anywhere you stop is going to be a great place with great chai.
First we stopped at Dharma's but the line was too long and we were in a hurry. (Story about Dharms follows). (Yes I know Dharmas is in Capitola.)
Then we stopped at The Ugly Mug in Soquel. I hadn't been there before. What a great place! Full of people chatting, reading, computing... And one of the best, peppery chais I've had. Here's their website: Corporate Coffee Still Sucks. I recommend a visit.
So there's a storyabout Dharma's. They used to be named McDharma's. So McDonald's sued them. McDonald's won, and they changed the name to Dharma's, but with a 'Mc' in front of it with a red circle that had a diagonal cross through it around the 'Mc', the universal "not" sign. So it was "NOT McDharmas." So McDonald's sued again and won, and now it's just Dharma's. The best vegetarian food you can get. Actually, there are a lot of places in Santa Cruz with the best vegetarian food you can get.
Comments
The great thing about McDharma's is that I loved it when I was a vegetarian and when I was not a vegetarian. Really good food.
By the way, it is a sin to refer to McDharma's as anything but McDharma's. Sue me too, motherfuckers.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 19, 2006 9:08 AM