Comments on: Willow House Drama Continues

By: Pierce/Bear

Pierce/Bear — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:03:34 +0000

Phoenix Native touched on an important point there…………..

In 2006 I visited two coffeehouses near Joshua Tree, Ca. One was the Crossroads Cafe (definite counterculture vibe) and the other was the Water Canyon Coffeehouse. Despite my looking something like a 1960′s throwback; I was definitely more comfortable in the latter business——-despite is more ‘conservative’ vibe.

By: Phoenix Native

Phoenix Native — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:40:50 +0000

Willow House is so [expletive] overrated I’m sick of hearing about the place and oh, how legendary it’s supposed to be. The staff’s cool, but most of their customers are flakes. And rude. Very rude. I’ve felt unwelcome and out of place there because the other customers ostracize anyone who looks too “normal” (i.e., no earrings, no tattoos, not decked out in Subhumans t-shirts and Doc Martens.) It’s time for people to stop living in the past and move forward. It’s so depressing to hear talk people about the place like how seniors in hospice or a retirement home wax nostalgic about the Brooklyn Dodgers. That’s what it sounds like. Seriously. The Willow House ‘era’ of AZ coffee houses is over. Get over it. Move on. Please.

By: Pierce/Bear

Pierce/Bear — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:34:09 +0000

Harsh to say:

After reading about the evident ‘vibe’ at the WilloW House; I would be hesitant to go there myself……….it sounds way too rough around the edges for me———and, I look like a stereotypical treehugger/redneck.