High Noon Cafe

Right next to the Shinkansen tracks that run through Ontakesan, you'll find the High Noon Cafe. The High Noon Cafe is a nice place that has a bit of a unique character, at least for around here. The restaurant mostly housed in an atrium that is set up in the front yard of a house. It actually has pretty cool atmosphere, and is entirely enclosed by glass. Although the view isn't so pretty, the restaurant has put up a bunch of faux historical looking signs around the glass enclosure to give it a bit of a T.G.I.Friday's/Chili's/Applebee's look to it. Inside there are 6 tables (5 of them are 4 seaters, 1 is a 2 seater) and it's for sure a nice place to hang out on a hot summer evening. They have a pretty decent TV that pretty much shows only sports programs. This weekend was the 2nd time that mornin and I showed up there, the first time being back in June ('08) for dinner (a surprisingly cold evening).
The food is awesome. Very high quality ingredients, prepared with what seems to be a high degree of skill, we've tried a few different things on our two trips there, a hot sandwich, pizza, something else (can't remember, and no pic), and some dessert. The only thing to say negative is that the place is a little expensive. Compared to the price, it's reasonable enough. And the service is pretty quiet. There is one waitress who doesn't say much and is rarely around. Oh well, at least she's not all up in my biznazz!
T:8
P:4
F$:5
B$:6
V:4
A:8
S:4
X:9

Total score: 48/70
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mornin's view!
雪谷近辺ではあまり見かけない、イイ感じの雰囲気のカフェです。閑静な住宅街の中に唐突に現れる・・・てゆうかこのお店もフツウの家の庭にあるんだけど。庭にガラスのプレハブみたいな小屋が作ってあって、そこに客席があるんです。キッチンは家の中にあって、料理はそこで作っているみたい。トイレも家の中にあるので、フツウに家の玄関から入って行くのが面白い(^^; 土地があったらこんな感じでお店やってみるのも楽しいかも！でも、それにしてはアットホームじゃない所が気になるんだけど。ウェイトレスさんがゼンゼン愛想ないし、キッチンが見えないから誰が作ってるのかわかんない。こうゆうお店だったら、フレンドリーなマスターが居て、また来たね！！みたいな感じがいいんだけどなぁ。。
でもお店のコンセプトもいいし、食べ物は本当にオイシイ！デザートの種類も◎◎^^　　

猫のまほう

Ahhhh, the cat cafe(ネコカフェ)! The place we went is called 猫のまほう (cat's magic) and it sits next door to Osaki-hirokoji station (大崎広小路駅) on the Ikegami line (池上線) 1 stop from Gotanda (五反田駅). The first thing that you'll notice about the place is that there are no cats to welcome you. All the cats are chilling up on the next floor. First thing to do is wash your hands! The restaurant floor is nice and airy with floor seats that are a little tough to get in and out of but nice enough. The food is pretty good but on the puny end of the spectrum for sure. While you wait for food don't waste a min of your 300円 per 15min fee and head upstairs to play with the magic cats! There were about 10 cats or so of all kinds of breeds and colors. Most of the cats that were there were plum tuckered out from their lunchtime performance but they were pretty cute. The few cats weren't sleeping it off were happy to indulge us in our less than cool fantasies of being a pet owner in Tokyo.I recommend hitting up the place for the lunch set or the middle of the night. If you go in before 3pm you get some treats to give to the cats. Be warned! Some cats love treats and could take your head off for them! Maybe not, but close. In the back of the menu there are profiles of all the cats with age, sex, and location... and sometimes with warnings that the cat is very genki (元気) and might jump at you for treats, so watch out!Beer was good, food was good, and cats were cool, check it out!

T: 7
P: 4
F$: 4
B$: 6
V: 3
A: 7
S: 8
X: 10

Total score: 49/70

Tearoom More Than Organic

Just so I don't have to write that again lets just call it TMTO from here on out. TMTO is a little cafe just down the street from my place that I only noticed recently. Can't say how long it's been there, but my guess is that it's pretty new. TMTO is a one woman operation and the proprietor is a very nice, if not at times befuddled, older lady who serves up coffee and tea and a few food items. By "a few food items" I mean 3. You can select toast, honey toast, and a cheese sandwich. I went with the cheese sandwich and it was tasty, but far from filling. Not much else to say about the place except that it's only open about 4 days a week. Don't know what she's up to the rest of the time, but it's not coming up with new menu items! TMTO serves its purpose if its purpose is to serve tea and coffee only. Worth a Sunday afternoon drop by to take advantage of the table outside under the sun, too bad it's closed on Sunday too...

T: 3
P: 8
F$: 4
B$: 0
V: 3
A: 4
S: 8
X: 6

Total score: 36/70