Cafe Parlab

Good environment for some intellectual conversations. sometimes they provide food for free, although the quality varies a lot. Unfortunately, all this is no use when the coffee machine breaks so frequently. Even when it is working, the quality of coffee is barely better than Instant Nestle. stick with tea when you visit here.

The best part about this place is the people. I mean, there’s always someone to talk to. And people will just come up and start chatting, asking questions like «I’m sorry, are you a member of the ParLab» or «Did you see the sign on the fridge?». It’s just a very friendly environment.

So, its 2pm, I compile my LaTeX, and start wondering how I’ve possibly written 25 pages in the past hour, then I realize that I’ve just woken up from a post-​lunch nap with my face on the keyboard. This can mean only one thing: time for a little trip down to «Café Parlab».
Café Parlab may, to the naïve eye, appear as a single, overworked Capresso machine, tucked away between the simplex-​printer and the [off limits] refrigerator. Nevertheless, the consistency with which it spews forth cup after cup of slightly-​better-​than-​mediocre coffee is little short of miraculous; in fact, I am hard-​pressed to think of any other service provided by the California government [at least tangentially] that operates with the reliability of Café Parlab. Five stars.
Quick tip for the uninducted: a little extra care, and maybe refilling the water tank or cleaning the rancid milk-​jar will go a long way towards garnering the good graces of the Cerberus of Café Parlab.