The Darkroom Café

There's less than an hour to try this week's weeklys special. Kicking off the Darkroom Café's brand new (never before seen) 🍨 ICE CREAM SERIES 🍨 is a fresh taste that, despite being based on something cold, will be sure to melt your heart. Introducing for the first time ever, the DRC'S 🍒🍦🍫 CHERRY GARCIA 🍫🍦🍒!!!

Happy almost Easter for those of you who celebrate!!🥚 🎊🐤🐇 Next weekend's forecast calls for nice weather (actually warm, for once) so hopefully that'll hold true for the holiday. In celebration of egg-hunting day, we're bringing you an updated version of our Easter Special for this week .... THE EASTER EGG! 🐣🐰

Similar to a hot chocolate, but instead with a caramel base, this decked out drink with marshmallows, caramel, and sprinkles is more decorated than an actual easter egg. It's going to be egg-cellent. Stop by anytime on or before 3/30 to give it a try.

After a long hiatus of not posting on our facebook, we're back to inform you that it's too late to try our girl scout specials, like the Thin Mint hot chocolate pictured below.

But it's just your luck, because this week has something great, too. Maybe even better! (Re-)introducing our famous St. Patrick's Day Special: Irish-ish Coffee! Like Irish Coffee, it has a hint of something special inside. Except, for us it's maple syrup, not alcohol. Sorry, not sorry. Available 3/17 - 3/23.

Last chance to try our Peppermint Mocha weekly special (image below)... we close at midnight!

Starting tomorrow, kicking off the countdown to Valentine's Day, the special will be our newest creation, I Think I Lychee You 🌹☕💕 (2/5 - 2/11).

In case you haven't heard... We're back (we've been back) and now with new regular hours!

The Groliday Party may be over, but the seasonal fun is not! Stop by the Darkroom Café during open hours anytime before we close for the season to try one (or all) of our awesome Holiday Specials!

Happy almost-done-with-the semester! Next week is the last week of the Darkroom Café until we get back from break. We'll officially be closing our window gate for the semester at 11:59 PM on Saturday, December 16th.

However, until then, not only will we be open every night 8 PM - 12 AM, but we will also have not one, but THREE HOLIDAY SPECIALS!!! Two of them--Mrs. Claus and Hanukkah Donut--are classic returners from the Gregory of yore. Cup of Kwanzaa is our newest addition, designed in conjunction with Makuu.

Mrs. Claus 🧑‍🎄🎄 is a festive peppermint hot chocolate tree-topped with red stained whipped cream, sprinkles, and crushed candy cane.

Hanukkah Donut 🕎🍩 is a hot strawberry milk drink (not unlike a hot chocolate) topped with a whipped cream "donut" ring rim and piece of chocolate gelt, a chocolate coin used in the Hanukkah game of dreidel. It's loosely inspired by the Hanukkah treat of sufganiyot, or jelly donuts.

Cup of Kwanzaa 🍫🕯️ is a cup of creamy hot chocolate from SPAGnVOLA, a Black-owned chocolatier based in Maryland. Sourcing the hot cocoa from a Black-owned business is meant to support the Kwanzaa principle of Ujamaa, or cooperative economics. SPAGnVOLA has some really amazing chocolate flavours, and you can get Cup of Kwanzaa in either Ginger or Cardamon. As red velvet cupcakes are a common dessert during Kwanzaa celebrations, the hot cocoa will be red velvet themed, with red undertones, and topped with whipped cream and red, yellow, and green sprinkles. The DRC worked in conjunction with Makuu, Penn's Black cultural center, for the drink's design.

Something special is coming soon from the Darkroom Café, but it's not quite ready yet. So while you wait, we've got an interim weekly special for the next couple days.

Something sweet and caffeinated as a slight kick to jumpstart you through the last full week of classes, stop by on or before 12/6 to grab yourself a Care-amel Americano, because we care about you! After, the special will switch into something a little more... festive.

The Darkroom Café (DRC) will be opening late Wednesday (11/22; hours 10pm - 12am) closed Thursday through Saturday, and closing early Sunday (11/26; hours 8pm - 10pm) this week for Thanksgiving Break (Study Break is also not being offered). We at the DRC are, of course, thankful for all of you and your continued presence during our regular hours and events, but everyone needs a break! We look forward to seeing you all again next week.

Since this week is shorter than most, we decided it was the perfect time to have a throwback to our Fall Break special. After all, this is technically our second fall break. In case you missed it last time, stop by to give Maven's Falling Leaves Tea 🍁🍁 a tea-ste (or a re-tea-ste).

Tonight's the last to get Hot Honey, but don't worry, because this week's weekly special is just as sweet! (Re-)introducing.... Honeycomb!!! 🍯🐝 Spread the buzz: this Gregory fan favourite from previous years, a seriously sweet oolong (or chamomile) tea latté, is back for the week! Stop by the Darkroom Café on or before 11/20 to give it a try.

This week's weekly special is Hot Honey 🍯🍯 !!! Every so often, a drink that's a part of Gregory College House's elite Hot Gregory drink series (stay tuned for updates on the next installment) pops up. This time it's Hot Honey!

Returning Gregorians may remember this drink as Honigmilch from International Food Night a couple years ago. It's purported to have some medicinal properties like helping with nervousness, sleep disorders, sore throats, dry coughs, and some colds.

And it's back again! For this week only, stop by the Darkroom Café on or before 11/13 to give it a try.

Just because Halloween is over doesn't mean you (or we) are ready to give up on pumpkin spice. Tonight's the last night to try our Pumpkin Chai!

It's time. It's finally here! Halloween Havoc @ DRC has begun, as has our Halloween Drink Hunt. Below is your first clue, and at the link https://bit.ly/DrinkHuntGuide23 (limited amount also available at the DRC) is a guide to help you along the way and make sure you stay on the right track. On top of the awesome limited edition Halloween drinks you can get by completing the Drink Hunt, there will be goodies hidden with some of the clues.

P.S. Bring something to write with! Each location has two oracles--one to reveal the next location, and one to reveal the spell part. You need all spell parts to order your limited edition "potion." If any candy buckets run out of candy, please let us know. Good luck!

Halloween rules demand that we kick off our café countdown to the spookiest time of year in style. So starting today, our weekly special will be the PumpKing 🎃. Later this week, the PumpKing will be joined by three other spooky drinks that you can only get by completing our scavenger hunt (again, more info on that to come).

This week we bid goodbye to Pink Chocolate, our Breast Cancer Awareness Month weekly special! If you missed the chance to have one, as a bonus for following us on Facebook, for tonight only you can still grab it (just show this post to the Café staff to prove it to them).

The Darkroom Café (DRC) will be closed this Thursday for Fall Break. As of now, we will be open with our usual hours for the rest of Fall Break.

Since this weekly special has been the weekly special for over a week, we have decided to add a Fall Break special as an additional drink you can try as a change of pace. Stop by to give Maven's Falling Leaves Tea a tea-ste (will be offered tonight through 10/17 so that those away for break can still try).

This week's weekly special is Fruity Tea 🍑🍓!!! A sweet drink with refreshing flavours, it's a great distraction when you need to take a break from studying, or a good motivator to keep you going when prepping for midterms. Weekly specials are only offered when they're the special, so be sure to stop by this week to try!

Gregulars and Gregorians,

I'm ecstatic to announce that the The Darkroom Café is BACK! 🥳☕🫖

Tonight at 8 PM, we finally re-open our window gate for the semester. This kicks off our return-to-form of regular hours EVERY NIGHT from 8 PM - 12 AM.

To celebrate, the first 10 Gregory residents to order a drink with us will be getting a free Gregory mug (super limited edition, these days). We'll also have our first Weekly Special ready for you to try: the Honey I'm Home (get it? Because now, honey, we're back home at the café)!

See you there,

DRC

The Darkroom Café will be closing for the year this Saturday, 4/22. See you next fall!

Hope you all had fun and/or restful Spring Breaks! The Darkroom Café will be reopening with a regular schedule starting tomorrow at 8 PM. For more information on our hours, menu, and more, please don't forget to check out our café website at bit.ly/DRCWebsite.

Also, please don't forget to fill out our Communications Poll by this Thursday to determine how we send out updates on our hours/menu/weekly specials/etc. If you have strong preferences regarding how often you receive café emails, you might want to fill it out. It can be found at the poll tab on our website: bit.ly/DRCWeeklyPoll.

Tomorrow the café is bringing back its annual Valentine's Day Event: Roses & Romcoms 🌹🎥! Starting at 8 PM, stop by to grab a specialty romantic drink from our event menu (or RA recommendations), try the weekly special, War of the Roses, or try our one-day-only holiday special, Love Potion No. 9!

And once you've got your drink, head over to the Class of '25 Basement TV Lounge to watch the excellent romcoms the cafe managers will be playing. Last year we featured Never Been Kissed, Crazy Rich Asians, and Midnight in Paris, but we haven't solidified this year's 2 movies yet. So if you have a movie in mind and heart that you want us to feature, recommend it here:
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We'd love to see you there! ❤☕

I can't believe we're almost done with the semester! This is the last week of the Darkroom Café until Spring Semester. Which is why we have two very special weekly specials on the menu--Mrs. Claus and Hanukkah Donut! Mrs. Claus is a festive peppermint hot chocolate (now with green sprinkles), while Hanukkah Donut is a hot strawberry milk drink (now served with a side of chocolate "coins", m&ms in place of gelt).

Fun fact, the Hanukkah Donut, or Hot Strawberry, is part of our "Hot Gregory" drink series (others we've served so far include Hot Chocolate and Hot Honey, with more to come).

As for the Weekly Poll, since we're closing for 2022 (back January 2023, don't worry) soon, we'll have an early start to our weekly poll this week. Today! What's your favourite part of winter? Fill out the weekly poll at bit.ly/DRCWeeklyPoll to let us know and to get some free twizzlers when you visit the café!

Happy almost-holidays!