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Boomers Coffeehouse
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
10 reviews for Boomers Coffeehouse
I love Boomers:
1) They have a drink called the Chai Loco that is chai and espresso and love all mixed into one. I could live off it. It is not the same as a dirty chai - dirty chai's taste like baby poop - the chai loco taste's like love.
2) There are board games. Enough said.
3) There will always be one of three people working there. Really nice bald man (who I am pretty sure does landscaping), awesome red-headed lady (whose hair I am always envious of), or that tattoo guy that also works at the record store.
4) It's in the metrolink station which means there is always great people watch AND it has a killer view of the mountains.
5) The decor makes me want to dress like a mod, become a secret agent, and potentially wear go-go boots on a regular basis.
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I just like the fact that
a) as it stands by itself, Boomer's a pretty cool looking coffeehouse with a decent iced mocha on a warm summer day, and
b) it makes taking the Metrolink just that much better, instead of just roasting in the sun (or merely baking in the shade).
The short, red-haired lady was nice enough and made my mocha quickly. Nothing to complain about.
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Love Love Love this coffee house. I'm not a huge Coffee person, but I do love their mocha capps. I'm a huge fan of the Soy Ice Chai Latte. This is the perfect place to sit, read and relax. I use to live in Upland, walking distance from here. I live about 5 miles away, not too far but there are different nearby places I can go to, but I would rather go to Boomers. Especially on my days off work.
The owners are super nice (despite what some of the reviews might say). I love that they support local artist and host art shows. This is as good as it gets!
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Boomers is a great privately owned coffehouse; definetely prefer the taste & vibe over the chain coffee places . We have been going there for years now. Would highly recommend....
I want to give this place 5 stars, but I can't. I'll explain why...
I love Boomers. It's one of the rare locations in the area where there is free wi-fi-they don't charge you $10 bucks for 24 hours of it like $tarBucks.
The decor is very art deco, retro style. Colorful furniture and art hanging on the walls. It definitely speaks to a younger adult crowd. They have snacks, pastries and coffees and teas. The coffee is okay, nothing special, but it does the trick when I come here to do my studying. It's quiet and I like that the chairs aren't plush and high enough so that i'm level with the tables. I can't stand sitting at a table and feeling like the table is taller than me! I like being high up.
It's in downtown Upland, which you'd miss if you blinked driving by it, but it's close to my place. It's one downfall...It's open only until 7pm and closed on Sundays! That's when people love to hang out and get their coffee and most of all that's when people do their STUDYING! It's a shame because I'd go there more often instead of where I go now.
Oh well.
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What a local coffee joint should feel like! I rarely drink coffee, but I have been known to order hot tea when I go here. Never once have they turned up their noses to me.
Always professional...except maybe once when someone stated that Peter made his peanut butter balls. And then further stated he was rather proud of his balls. I think the conversation took a very funny turn after that, but everyone was laughing!
Seriously though, this is the type of place I would hang out at if it was in my neighborhood. They have an eclectic decor which is reminiscent of my grandma's old Danish style furniture. I especially like the sunburst on the wall! They have board games and an incredible selection of magazines. I typically find recipes that I just wanna steal while sitting there sipping my tea. No worries though...I leave the magazines intact!
I do get to visit occasionally while at work which is really nice. Can't wait for another expresso malted milk ball!!!
***UPDATE***
I thought they were super nice until my encounter with the feisty redhead this afternoon. I was actually treated like a mooching transient and felt more than a little humiliated when she said,"we kinda expect you to buy something if you're going to use the internet!" The best part, I wasn't using their internet. I was typing a document on my laptop for school! I had every intention to buy hot tea as I was so obviously nursing a cold (yuck, nothing worse in summer), but discovered that I had left ALL of my money in my wallet and had only $1 on me. Not even my ATM card was in my pocket.
I normally go in and order my hot tea, always leaving a VERY generous tip. But after being embarrassed by this employee (and while I was wearing my OBVIOUS law enforcement uniform), I don't really feel a need to ever do business there again. I surely would have said something to her had I not been in uniform and had there not been an audience of two other customers sitting within ten feet of me. I guess I could understand it if I appeared to be some dirty, free-loader sort, but never in my life have I ever been treated like that...especially while in uniform. Not that I feel that grants me any special privileges...but seriously??? I have spent more money in that coffee shop in the last year than I have at all of my Starbucks trips combined. And, I don't think anyone at Starbucks would even care if I spent an entire day in their place...buying or not, uniform or not!
I really try to support the small, local places...but I think this one just slipped right off my list.
Oh, and is it false advertising if your signs say "free wi-fi"??? Perhaps they need to add "with purchase!"
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I've been going to Boomer's since back when I was in high school, and they were back in the Second Avenue Mall.
Boomers is a real, veritable breath of fresh air as far as coffee houses go. The décor is done in a mid-century modern style with a lot of really wild hanging lights being one of the strongest design elements.
The coffee is as good as anywhere else I've been, and it's nice doing business with a small business owner instead of a massively over-bloated corporation (read Starbucks.) Don't get me wrong. I like Starbucks, but the Borg-like uniformity of it all can be a little unsettling at times.
The employees are, and have been since I've been going, extremely polite, friendly, helpful, and courteous. I have always found interacting with them to be a real pleasure, and going there today reminded me of how my last absence from this coffee house was too long lived.
My recommendation: go, sit, play a game, or chat with some friends. My personal favourite in high school was a blended drink called a Chilly Willy. Today I was in caffeine load mode, so it was a triple mocha, which was just the near-aneurism inducing jolt I needed.
The address isn't correct because Boomer's new location is opening inside the Metrolink terminal, but it is across the street from the old location. Boomer's is great coffee shop. I can't wait to see what the new location looks like. The owners are great people (family friends too). The decor is very cool and inviting. They have a very extensive drink menu, so there is something for everyone.
edit 10/8/06
Recently received word that the new location will be opening soon, sometime in the last two weeks of October. On good authority I've heard the new location looks great!! Can't wait to see it and I will update my review as soon as possible.
Also updated the address with yelp, new location can be found at 220 East A Street (inside the Metrolink Depot).
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Middle-aged new age retro with a constant barrage of fusion music.
This is not where I hang out. I don't remember anything spectacular about the coffee, and the breakfast burritos don't do it for me, either. The place is incredibly bland, relying on the groovy furniture to set most of the atmosphere, and seriously, fusion? It's a great place to go if you want to visit a textbook "coffeeshop," but it probably means you're a textbook "square." Free wifi, at least.
Don't get me wrong, nice people and all, but Deli V is just across the street...
I totally love Boomer's. We all have different experiences with restaurants, but mine have always been good here. Their drinks are pretty good, and they always give service with a smile. I like the breakfast burritos, too. They have some unique drinks such as the matte latte, which I love to get. The decor in here is fresh and unique. There are plenty of cozy couches and big tables for groups. The biggest plus is that its at the end of the street where I live, so I can easily walk down here. I like to study here or just hangout. It closes way to early though! And.. there are some strange characters from the train..but this place is the number one coffee shop in upland anyway. ^^.
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