Scrimshaw Coffee

It’s Monday….LETS TALK!

YEP, ITS TRUE! WE GOT THE KEYS NEXT DOOR!

But… we’re not doing more coffee — we’re doing PIZZZAAAAA. We’re calling this project Somewhere Pizza. Basically, in a scene where every new restaurant wants to be Disneyland & serve mid food, we just are really missing those old, familiar, delicious, safe, neighborhood spots used to tie neighborhoods together. We really feel like Scrim is the morning version of that, but as owners who literally live two blocks away, we wanna walk somewhere for dinner sometimes too.

BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP! We’re teaming up with .co to raise capital for somewherepizza_sd - basically remodeling this space is going to be expensive! Your contributions will help us finance equipment, the buildout, create jobs and ultimately allow us to continue to bring genuine hospitality & thoughtful neighborhood dining to our block.

We’re bringing on .bread to consult for us, so all things bread related is going to SMAAACK. Think slices & sandwiches for lunch, full pies & small plates for dinner, tasty things for the bambino’s, the best dessert around & obviously a bangin’ list of natural wine, craft beer & house made sodas. Think an aesthetic that feels like maybe it’s brand new, or maybe it’s been there a real long time. Think the same love & service that we sling at Scrim and Maj, and a great playlist to boot.

The best part of helping us open? Your contributions come BACK to YOU at 120%. Basically, pitch in a hundo, get $120 back to come have dinner. Essentially, you’re just buying dinner for later. Pretty doooope.

If you’re down, if ya love us, help us get these doors open. You’ll be invited to dinner before everyone else, and you’ll play an absolute necessary role in our story. We’re SOOO grateful for these last 7 years… and have at least another 15 on paper…(lol) soooo smash that link in our bio, and help us make this month a siiiick one.

THANK YOU. LOVE YOU. SO. SO. MUCH.

-Will, Hilary, Liam, the one in the oven, and the whole Scrim & Majorette teams🖤

ITS THAT TIME OF THE QUARTER!

We’ve got some seriously big news dropping very soon about BUNCH of thangs, so the crew is taking the evening to get on the same page.

Closin’ at 4pm today, so get it in while ya can!

See ya sooooon!

these cooler morning are starting to feel wonderfulllll.

we’ve got a long weekend ahead of us! so our shelves & fridge are all nice and stocked upppp and we’re ready for ya.

just wanted to share a lil AM light with yaaa

ONE YEAR OF WINE CLUUUUB

Yo so we started wine club last year really because we wanted to taste a bunch of incredible wine. And have you join once a month after hours to eat some incredible food. We alsooo definitely have used the last year of dinners to r&d and test what we’re capable of & what people are into, in preparation for a big announcement coming sooon.

So THIS FRIDAY, we’re running back some of our favorite dishes over the last year, some may have some tweaks but these are just some of the bites that stood out big time.

We’re pairing with some delicious German wines that frankly are bangerssss alongside food.

Reminder! You don’t have to be a part of wine club to come hang. Dinner starts at 530, and kitchen stays open til 930ish! SEE YA FRIDAAAAY!

got some film back from when we took the whole crew to the game last month. no coffee here, just blurry memories with the squaaaad

thanks for the snaps, 🫶🏼

ROAST DAAAAY

Every Friday we roast up the good stuff. We don’t talk about it on the ol IG enough, but we’re pretty dang proud of the coffee we roast up here under our label .

We’ve got a buncha of late summer coffees comin’ out real soon, so keep your peepers peeled for them hitting the bar, shelves & website!

SUMMER IN HANOI

This months wine club menu is inspired by a month-ish long trip that Chef Jeannette took to Southeast Asia.

This heat has us reaching for dishes that are cold, but maybe spicy, refreshing & bursting with flavor. Of course, also cheap beer & chuggable wine.

So figured what the hell- let’s throw it on wine clubs menu. So cruise out this Friday night for a real exciting wine club menu.

SEE YA FRIDAY! DINNER STARTS AT 5:30!

YOOOO WINE CLUB, ITS ABOUT THAT TIME!

This month we’re pushing back our pickup party ONE WEEK, BUTTTTT your wine is still available THIS FRIDAY if you’re part of wine club.

Schedules are kinda wild and things happen nahmeaaaaan, so we had to push this party just a week. Hope ya understand!

It’s gonna be extra funnnnnn, promise!

WE’RE BAD AT BUSINESS

We’ve been experimenting this year with how to bring value to our people. And the reality is, our version of a coffee shop is all about the volume baybeeeee, and we’d rather cut our margin a bit and sell way more of somethin, than keep it on the shelf longer than it should be.

Sooo we’ve printed up some standard cheap T’s. ONLY $12 BONES to rep your favorite neighborhood spot. Lil whale man on the front, our name on the back. S-XXL available!

Just no space in this economy for $35 coffee shop shirts, amiright?

In-store NOW & available online SOON!

SUMMER SEASONALS HAVE DROPPED (last week, that is)

This year, we’re working backwards with our menus. Picking a favorite song of the season, and building drinks around ‘em.

This summer, we chose “Sex & Candy” by Marcy Playground, famously featured as the final (and@best??) track on Now That’s What I Call Music, vol.1!

First up - “Double Cherry Pie” - a black cherry iced tea, with spiced almond orgeat & toasted pecan bitters. Served iced, and in a fancy glass if you get it to stay.

Next, we’ve got “Platform Double Suede”. We felt fuzzy with this, so went espresso tonic, with a peach sage syrup, a little lime to keep it bright.

And lastly- “Mama, this surely is a dream”. A simple iced latte, but with an orange vanilla syrup.

We suggest grabbing your roller skates & Walkman, one of the above, and hitting the boardwalk.

dig it!

COLD BEER STOCKED UPPP

Got San Diego’s favorite Pilsner, anddddd a bunch of local & not local stuff in the fridge & on the shelf, just in time for this weeks festivities, which reminds us - we ARE OPEN til 4pm on July 4th! yeeeehaw!

ITS FRAN’S LAST DAY

thank you again for everything amigo, gonna miss you.

🖤

We’re definitely movin a bit slower today

Thanks for hostin us, and thanks for playing a very entertaining game

And thank you to our crew & the crew of for being the best around. Beyond thankful for every single one of you.

CLOSIN EARLY TODAY FOR OUR SUMMER CREW HANG!

We’re hittin to start the party, then heading to the Padres game! If ya see us, say what up!

Get in here before 2pm to get your coffee/sando in for the day!

THIS FRIDAY. LOVE LETTERS, vol. 10. A WINE CLUB.

Since Francisco is leavin’ us, we asked how he wanted to party for wine club and he decided BAJA. Then we reached out to the homie G over .hifi if he’d come select some vibes for the night, and he said yes.

So basically what we’re saying is, it’s going to be a real fun & special night of friends & family & great music & delicious things coming out of the kitchen.

Dinner starts at 5:30, we hope you’ll join us in saying adios to our main man Francisco.

FATHERS DAY IS TOMORROW! So guess what! We’ve got FREE cold brew or a FREE drip when ya buy a bag of coffee!!!!

We actually do this literally all the time, but we know that dads just love a deal. Soooo, yeah, cruise through for brunch & snag a bag!

OPEN 7-6 EVERY DAY! BRUNCH 7-NOON, or til we sellout!

🚨FRESH BEEEEEERR & STUFF ALERT🚨

We finally stocked this sucker up with a bunch of crazy good options.

It’s supposed to be a hot weekend (apparently), so come grab a pack of somethin to keep you cooool. Would love to suggest STAY CHILL, for example.

Open til 6pm daily so you can grab a last minute drank before dinner!

POUND FOR POUND

An experiment that frankly, we can’t keep stocked.

About a month and a half ago, we put these stamped brown paper bags of coffee on the shelf for a whopping $10 a pop. These are misfit lots of coffee that we hunted for in search of savings that we could pass on, but all could benefit from. Theres a whole shpeal on the second slide that explains it a bit better.

ANYWAYS, all that to say- we’re tryin’ harder to keep these shelves stocked. We roast every Friday, so cruise thru & snag a bag!

YOOOO MEMORIAL DAY IS HERE!

We’ve got some real fun stuff on the shelves & fridge for whatever your vibe is. Like this new drop from the homies .la as well as a very fun bubbly red from x . Have less than a case of both of ‘em left! So come grab while ya can!

OPEN NORMAL HOURS ON MONDAY 5/26!

WINE CLUBBBB PICKUP PARTY!

It’s already that time of month! This Friday, we’re heading to the Mediterranean. And we’ve got Chef Logan of takin’ us there.

We’ve been thinkin’ about the vibrant open air markets of those port cities a ton, so expect a colorful array of flavors, that’ll have you wanting to snag one of everything.

You don’t have to be a member of wine club to come hang on Friday night. We stay open later, dim the lights, and turn the music up. Dinner starts at 5:30, and stays open til 9ish.

SEE YA FRIYAYYYY

HAPPY MAMAS DAAAAY

For all you procrastinators we got you covered! Our neighbors are bringing over some perfect lil bouquets & were slingin’ some classic mimosas all daaaaay LONG (or while supplies last).

We’ve got brunch goin’ as normal & will take it easy on the hip hop and hardcore for the morning and sub it out with some Stevie Wonder or something lol

ALSOOO, 15% OFF ALL RETAIL WINE & BEER FOR THE DAY JUST BECAUSE. buy mom a nice bottle!

Cruise by with mama orrrr for mama or whatever your version of a mom is and hook ‘em uppppp. Or literally leave them at home so they can have some peace & quiet for a gosh dang MINUTE

LOVE YOU MAMAAAAAS

THE WEEKEND IS HEEEEEERREE

yahoooo! so just remindin’ ya we have a stocked fridge & shelf of adult only juice! somethin for every occasion!

This photo was by the homie/barista midway through our quarterly/winter meeting.

We’re a cafe that’s open 11 hours/day, with cooks & baristas that are either in school, hustling a second job, or commute 30+ minutes each way.

Tbh it’s pretty damn tough to do any sort of family meal, or even have a meeting where everyone is present. The closest we’ve been able to get is a quarterly meeting. They’re generally about tightening the screws, new coffees, being better for each other & our guests..etc. But this time it was about all that + a new menu.

ALL THAT TO SAY - we just rolled out a whole new lunch menu.

-Grilled chix (take it to the park)
-tamago (egg salad + msg, get over it)
-cubano (slow cooked for minimum of so many hours)
-a bunch of other way better sandwiches

It’s easy to hire someone to take pictures of pretty sandwiches, but think we’d rather show the people tasting & making them.

love ya.

CLOSIN’ AT 4PM TODAY!

Got some big stuff cookin’ so we wanna make sure we’re all on the same page n stuff!!!!

ty for understanding

SPRING DRINKS ARE LIIIIIVE!

wellll, they have been, we just suck at posting on IG, hhaaa.

We’ve got a buncha rad new signature drinks on our spring menu, including this one, THE THYMESHARE.

berry hibiscus tea, thyme cherry syrup, topped with sparkly water. it’s vacation in a fancy glass.

cruise thru to see what other stuff is on the menu if you know what’s upppp

honestly our current BTG lineup is kind of the sickest around

pourin’ natural wine by the glass all day erryday baby!!!!!

with the sunshine out, grab a seat on the patio with a lil glass of somethin yum & just watch ECB, it’s always a show! 🙃

all ur veggies are sliced fresh by ur friendly neighborhood baristas. buy a bagel or sandwich or something to find out if u don’t believe us!!!

HARO LEBETU

spring coffees have definitely arrived. this G1 natural, heirloom coffee from Guji, Eth is pretty unreal. Big lime zest, even a lil mint IMO, some blueberry, but just all around tropical fruit fersheeeer. a one way ticket to yumtown.

def not the only thing on the shelf tho, come peep those new spring offerings. :)

very fun wine alert!

we just put on the shelf a super limited amount of 2nd vintage of their 100% locally grown (Ramona) Nero d’Avola.

organically farmed, 100% destemmed, unfined & unfiltered.

open a bottle & make some pasta!

BIG GIANT NEWS ALERT!

We opened a 21+ beer & wine bar, with FOOD!

Over the last few months, we’ve been quietly pouring a ton love into a 35 year old bar about a mile east of the cafe.

We’re calling it MAJORETTE - an homage to our neighborhood & the university we share it with.

Expect fresh beer, natural wine, quality food & good friends. Plenty of TV’s, spacious patio, and as its been for forever — free billiards.

This ‘hood is everything to us, and to be able to create another place to rub elbows with neighbors, coworkers & soon to be friends, is incredibly exciting.

We’re currently in a soft open phase, slinging smash burgers & a varied beverage list.

Excited to see ya there.

Peep & follow for more deets.

CLOSING EARLY TODAY!

taking some time with the crew tonight to reflect on last year & plot out this year.

thanks for understanding.

WE BAAAAAACK BABY

espresso is back up & running so plz come drink one thousand lattes so we can make up for yesterday 🙃

ty & ly