one of the best places to go to pair up
coffee with breakfast of course and
philosophy coffee is a neighborhood
coffee shop located in the Alta Vista
neighborhood just north of downtown San
Antonio which is just on the west side
of San Pedro they offer coffee tea other
beverages as well
pastry sandwiches snacks I'm getting
hungry right now and we have got a whole
bunch of this right here and general
manager Julie Butler is here from
philosophy coffee good afternoon good
afternoon and this is not usually the
time we drink coffee but you guys drink
coffee all the time day and night okay
and your best tip was just go for the
good stuff nice rich good ground fresh
ground beans fresh ground for sure okay
and you also have some fantastic
breakfast because I mean nice warm cup
of coffee and breakfast a leisurely
Saturday Sunday morning that's perfect
right for sure some of the favors you
have yeah so today I'm definitely
featuring some breakfast items so one of
our best sellers is our LOX bagel here
you've got some really great local walks
from boss bagel we also have a ham and
cheddar croissant and then an avocado
toast kind of everything's favorite okay
so we're gonna make the ham and cheddar
cross on right now and this is just a
nice hot skillet and some butter in
there right yes okay that's a very hot
skillet butter Melton so what's the
other favorite at your restaurant
definitely the walks bagel is our
bestseller I think there's not too many
places you can find that down south and
I think ours is one of the best in town
okay so you can go ahead and throw our
egg in there and you just leave this the
yolk even though it's going on a
sandwich you leave the yolk hole right
right yeah we serve them over medium
philosophy seasoning there and you said
now put the cheese on right now well go
ahead and put the cheese right on top of
the egg okay and that way the cheese
gets nice and melty and the parts that
touch the pan get a little bit crispy is
cover it cover it and cover it right now
and that'll let the yolk cook to that
over medium stage so it's just thinking
about running right but not that ya
liquidy not too runny at all so then we
have a toasted croissant and we pile on
some nice warm hands
okay right on there like that right and
all of your pastries come from some of
the best you mention about boss bagel in
the other places that make wonderful
pastries in town
so this croissant actually comes from
bread box another great local company
and then we also get sweet treats from a
couple great places from bread box as
well and also scratch kitchen who's our
neighbor right next door and AltaVista
because you're right there on San Pedro
at French correct yeah they're right up
the streets Craig I believe in Craigan
and French so your block each other so
it's like dueling coffee shops right
here pastry so and then you supply them
with you just have a kinda something
like that and where's your coffee come
from so we use what's brewing it's one
of the oldest Roasters in town and
they've actually created some custom
blends for us mm-hmm can i peek yeah
let's check it out so that it's it's
getting there melty and the yolk maybe a
couple yea seconds longer more seconds
right back on that and you are a
certified barista
I am what does it involved to become a
certified barista
yeah so there's an organization called
the Specialty Coffee Association and
they actually certify all things coffee
so there's barista certifications as
well as roasting certifications if
you're a roaster so it's a great way to
get involved if you're wanting to make
coffee your career what did you have to
do to become certified yeah so I
actually went to a three-day weekend
long course where I had to learn how to
use the espresso machine correctly
customer service was a big part of it as
well as even making that latte art
design like we saw on the top of the
show live in there that's your specialty
on the artwork I'm definitely a hearts
kind of gal oh yeah show the love oh you
just put it in is it easy to do you know
it takes practice yes that looks just
about perfect okay let's turn this off
and we will put this on the equipment
and your hours are right now we're open
7:30 in the morning till 5:30 okay
come bright and early as well as that
after work okay yeah beautiful that
looks and with that a little bit of yolk
in there still
hint of viscosity to it and put it on
that nice warm fresh croissants so so
it's a lot of breakfast items and you
serve lunch items as well we do serve
lunch items we have some great grilled
sandwiches Reuben a turkey pesto as well
as a vegetarian sandwich that's really
good that's fantastic and if you wanted
to stop in for a good cup of coffee and
some wonderful sandwiches right there on
San Pedro perfect place okay thank you
very much Julie appreciate it if you
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