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[coscafenyc]

show the staff some love!

Our site is now live! Check out our amazing volunteers for this upcoming Yuri! on Ice Pop-Up Cafe!

http://coscafenyc.tumblr.com/yoicafenyc

[cielrouge]

Went to @coscafenyc‘s Boku No Hero Academia-themed cafe, or “My Hero Cafe” earlier today. After I had such a great time at their Yuri On Ice-themed pop-up cafe last month, I definitely wanted to attend another one. Tickets didn’t sell out like within 20 minutes this time around lol. Though, I still got mine the day it went on sale. I got a ticket for the third block again, and was seated at a table with two other people who also came alone (one person said that his friends were lame and couldn’t get tickets in time rofl), so I didn’t feel totally all in my sad lonesome~~ again hahaha. 

The standard ticket price was $25 and included: a traditional ‘brown bag’ lunch (with a sandwich, small side, dessert, juice/milk), a postcard from the official art set made by the artist staff, school supply bonuses (a pen and cute stationary), entry into the fan raffle, and event admission of course. I got a ticket for the third block from 3:30 to 4:30 pm, and each block lasted an hour, with four blocks in total. After being seated, I opened my brown bag lunch. Previously they had the participants pick a lunch set before the event, and I got a ham and cheese sandwich with pringles, a fruit roll-up, a jolly rancher, and fruit punch. The other food options included a tuna sandwich mixed with mayonnaise, salt, and pepper, and a veggie option of a hummus sandwich with cucumbers, lettuce, and tomatoes. The other drink options included water, chocolate milk, apple juice, and fruit punch. 

An event artist came around and made personal sketches of requested characters for each guest at a table, which I thought was really great and thoughtful. The event cosplayers rotated each table round-robin style, interacting with the guests in-character, playing games and so on.  They had a good number of the Class 1-A cosplayers, including Midoriya, Todoroki, Uraraka, Iida, Bakugou, Kirishima, Asui, Yayorozu, Kaminari, Jirou, Present Mic, and Eraserhead. I thought that the Uraraka and Asui cosplayers were super cute, and the Bakugou and Kirishima cosplayers were hilarious - particularly when the Eraserhead cosplayer would occasionally chime in and tell the Bakugou cosplayer to watch his language whenever he cursed rofl. Though, my favorite moment was when the Yayorozu cosplayer (and one of the cafe’s organizers, Akiran) accidentally ripped off the Iida cosplayer’s clip-on tie *gasps* which led to him profusely apologizing to her and the entire table in-character lolol. 

Somehow I won the fan raffle. AGAIN!!! (I really don’t know how that happened haha oops?) and the raffle prize set included a Todoroki poster, the entire postcard set, and a cute Asui keychain. Towards the end, each table was allowed to make a (reasonable) group request for the cosplayers. I don’t think I remember all of them but there were some pretty funny ones, like a table requesting the Bakugou and Kirishima cosplayers to sing Smash Mouth’s ‘All Star,’ and another table requesting that all the cosplayers partake in a group dab pfftt. Other requests included the Present Mic cosplayer kabedon’ing a guest, and the Bakugou cosplayer having to say something nice to the Midoriya cosplayer - his compliment ended up being something along the lines of ‘you’re not the worst hero ever,’ which everyone in the cafe awwed and cooed at. Also, I don’t think this was necessarily a request and I forgot when this exactly happened but at one point the Bakugou cosplayer handed a sign to the Todoroki cosplayer labeled ‘daddy issues’ which everyone screeched at and agreed that that was going a little too far omfg, though totally priceless. I’m a little sad that I couldn’t snap a picture in time for that moment lol. After the requests, the organizers left some time for guests to purchase fan merchandise, provided by the event artists. 

Before I left, I actually got the chance to talk briefly with one of the organizers, Kou. I asked if it takes long for her and Akiran, the other organizer, to plan these kind of events. Kou said that since they’ve already run a bunch of these pop-up cafes before, they seem to have a fairly easy event blueprint to follow at this point (providing some kind of themed food plate, hiring the volunteer artist staff and cosplayers, timed block-formats, table group requests, etc). She also mentioned that pretty much all the money generated via tickets goes directly to the event (renting the venue space, food & utensils, Universe ticket service fees, art printing, etc), though they actually had a little money left over from their previous Yuri On Ice-themed event - which then went directly to the funds of this My Hero Cafe event. 

If you’re ever in the NYC area, I highly recommend attending one of Cos Cafe NYC’s themed, pop-up cafes in the future (I would kill to see a Mystic Messenger-themed or Cardcaptor Sakura-themed one, and you betcha that I would drag my friends along in a heartbeat lol). You can really tell how much effort, enthusiasm, and thoughtfulness that the organizers and the entire volunteer staff (artists/cosplayers) really put into the event, and I’ve had a really great time at both themed, pop-up cafes that I’ve been to. 

[coscafenyc]

The Yuri On Ice Cafe NYC may be over, but the memories still live on! Check out the incredible, official cafe video by パラパラ Productions!

Hosted on July 9th 2017 in NYC. パラパラ Productions: https://www.facebook.com/ParaParaProd... https://www.youtube.com/paraparaprodu... For a detailed look at all the wonderful volunteer staff, check out http://coscafenyc.tumblr.com/yoicafenyc For information on future events, CosCafe NYC is on various social media! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr I Feel The Love feat. Ross Lynch © 2016 Tritonal

[coscafenyc]

Please join me in welcoming the artist staff for the Yuri! on Ice Pop-Up Cafe NYC!

Cambrasine: http://cambrasine.tumblr.com/ | @cambrasine

Crazie Crissie: http://crazie-crissie.tumblr.com/ | @crazie-crissie

Jin: http://yonapineapple.tumblr.com/ | @yonapineapple

JunkArt by Shiru: https://junkartbyshiru.tumblr.com | @junkartbyshiru

Taka: http://gantai.co | @spaceblasters

Interested in attending? Join our FB event for more details; we could also use all the signal boosting we can! Tickets and details to be revealed very soon! These artists will be making fanart for our official postcard set, as well as cafe decorations and art that will also be for sale!

A huge thank you to all those who applied! We wish we could take everyone. And we look forward to working with everyone to make this a fun event! Until next time ♪

[coscafenyc]

Yuri on Ice! Pop-Up Cafe Tickets

Happy Friday all! Tickets for the event will be on sale this Sunday, June 11 starting at 12PM (noon) EST.

For more details please follow the link:  https://www.universe.com/events/yuri-on-ice-pop-up-cafe-nyc-tickets-QSWCTZ

Curious about the menu?: goo.gl/tfuIXU

You may buy multiple tickets if you wish to buy for a friend. There is a checkout form that requests everyone's info--please have their first/last name, emails, menu choice, dietary restrictions, and (optional) top 3 YOI characters handy!

If you have any questions, please feel free to send us an email or an ask. Email is the best way to assure a reply ASAP.

Hope to see you there!

[coscafenyc]

WE NEED STAFF!

Yuri! On Ice Pop-Up Cafe NYC needs your help! While a lot of interest has been shown for the event, we don’t have enough Cosplay Staff auditions! Unfortunately, without enough wait staff, we cannot have the event and will change themes!

All characters are open for auditioning, but there is an updated audition/character application count on the Facebook event here!

The deadline is 4/7 at 11:59PM, but don’t fret! It’s easier than it looks, so here are some things to remember:

You do not need a cafe outfit prepared for your audition!

You do not need to be in cosplay for the video portion--we simply want to see how you would act in character at the cafe!

Videos only need to be 50 secs long! (Longer is fine too!)

While a picture of yourself cosplaying the character you’re auditioning for is preferred in your app, if you do not have one, that’s okay too!

Access the application through the Facebook event above, or here! We appreciate all signal boosts we can get!

Questions? Feel free to ask us here or email us at [email protected]! We look forward to hosting this cafe for you! Excited? Our official tag is #yoicafenyc on all media--feel free to post with it!

[coscafenyc]

Were you born to make history? 

CosCafe NYC is hosting a Yuri! on Ice Summer Day Cafe! But, we can’t have it without your help! Want to meet your favorite skaters off the ice and eat some cute food?

We are still doing an interest check for the event--if you have the means to attend this event and would attend, please click “GOING” on our FB event here! We can’t hold the event unless we have enough interest and staff!

Want to help out? We need volunteer artist and cosplay staff! Apply here: Artist Staff (DUE 3/4): https://goo.gl/forms/sImrUVloSmIoNmgr2 Wait/Cosplay Staff (DUE 3/31): https://goo.gl/forms/rFRavuSFA1PQwdXY2

As always, CosCafe NYC makes no personal profit off events--all funds go towards venue, food, and event costs. Currently, venue and date details are still being negotiated, but the FB event will always stay updated!

Lastly, please spread the word and reblog! We need as much help as we can get!

Questions? Feel free to email us at [email protected] for the fastest response!

[coscafenyc]

Will you ever do an Owari no Seraph cafe? That would be a good idea considering the cast is a decent size :) plus it's a popular anime.

Akiran: Hey there! While we do events one at a time, we’ve had a request or two to do OnS! Unfortunately, while it’s not on the immediately drawing board, we’d love to see if it’s something a lot of people would be interested in!