One More Time From The Top: Maid Cafe in America
Dated: 9 Apr 2008
Ooh, I’ll have to make time for this when I’m in LA for Anime Expo: Clockwork Machina reports on the Royal /T Cafe, a maid cafe opening up in Los Angeles this Saturday.
Now, there have been some attempts to run a maid cafe in North America– I believe there was one in Canada that closed last year. But mostly, maid cafes that have succeeded here have been temporary: an event at a convention or an occasional feature of a shop.
The cafe’s grand opening is Saturday the 12th, and the place triples as a manga cafe, shop, art room, and is even available for special events. They’re actually in Culver City, and they offer a relatively impressive menu.
Tags: maids
April 9th, 2008 at 8:30 am
They’re pretty lacking in vegetarian options.
Is there no choice for the socially consciencious moe-otaku?
April 9th, 2008 at 8:34 am
@Anonymous: Cake and tea, my friend. Cake and tea. (Definitely not vegan though.)
April 9th, 2008 at 8:58 am
I’ll do it.
April 9th, 2008 at 10:38 am
expect photos and my full report saturday night
April 9th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
i wonder if they’ll play games with you? sadly, i dont think you’ll get the same treatment you do in japan, but who knows….still going to check it out this Saturday!^^
April 10th, 2008 at 12:05 am
[...] Maids! No, wait. American maids! That’s right, instead of reading about maids, you Americans can go visit them in America. Previously, a maid opened in Canada. Then it closed! And now, another maid cafe is giving North America a go. This month, Royal/T Cafe is having its grand opening in Culver City, Southern California. Though, here’s the pickler. The website describes the cafe as a “playful collision of spaces — café/shop/art space — presented in stunning fusion. An eclectic mix of retail and contemporary art reimaged in the surrounds of LA’s first Japanese-style cosplay café.” That’s LA-talk for “Since this café is based on places where Japanese nerds go sip milk tea and play paper-rock-scissors, we’ve decided to add pretentious artsy-fartsy shit to appeal to American hipsters.” Royal/T [Official Site via Clockwork Machina via a geek by another other name] [...]
April 10th, 2008 at 12:40 am
[...] Maids! No, wait. American maids! That’s right, instead of reading about maids, you Americans can go visit them in America. Previously, a maid opened in Canada. Then it closed! And now, another maid cafe is giving North America a go. This month, Royal/T Cafe is having its grand opening in Culver City, Southern California. Though, here’s the pickler. The website describes the cafe as a “playful collision of spaces — café/shop/art space — presented in stunning fusion. An eclectic mix of retail and contemporary art reimaged in the surrounds of LA’s first Japanese-style cosplay café.” That’s LA-talk for “Since this café is based on places where Japanese nerds go sip milk tea and play paper-rock-scissors, we’ve decided to add pretentious artsy-fartsy shit to appeal to American hipsters.” Royal/T [Official Site via Clockwork Machina via a geek by another other name] [...]