One day, we really hope to at least replace the front door lighting with actual gas lamps. So, in a nutshell, the name is a reference to the roastery and also a nod to my and Tristan's aesthetics. We really wanted to outfit the place with gas lighting, but it turned out to be not only horribly expensive, but also really tricky with the current building codes. There's a somewhat overt connection to the modern coffee shop and the apothecaries of the late 1800s-get your fix, all that. ![]() The Gaslight space was a drug store in the late 1800s, and we had intended to pay some homage to that in our build out and design. Second, Tristan and I are both fairly obsessed with Chicago history, especially aesthetically. Coffee roasters are gas fired and typically have a small glass window on one side so the roaster can observe the flame level, hence, gaslight. Gaslight co-founder Zak Rye explained to Chicagoist, via email: The name is, first, a reference to our in-house roastery. The tweet above made us wonder, though-where does Gaslight's name actually come from? If you don't get it at this point, you are hopeless, but charmingly so. We probably should not have explained the joke this much, and will not explain it further. It usually involves telling victims things along the lines of "It's all in your head" or, you know, "You're crazy." If you're not familiar, it's a "form of emotional abuse that causes a victim to question their own feelings, instincts, and sanity," according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline. (They've made two of our Best Of lists.) The joke above, which is not a true story but a humorous joke, is a pun on "gaslighting," a term that has gone much more mainstream since Gaslight opened in 2012. Everything at Gaslight, in real life, is great. Is there a Catfish Pizza which only delivers Chinese food? - TED May 29, 2016Īlas, Mr. Gaslight Coffee tries to convince patrons they’re crazy. This guy is so, so close to in on the joke: This tweet isn't an actual customer-barista exchange that happened at Gaslight, though some confused souls seem to think it is. "no you didn't what are you talking about you're crazy" /HczUIXHE9Y- Wypipo Bryson May 29, 2016 ![]() Over Memorial Day weekend, the inevitable joke about Logan Square's Gaslight Coffee Roasters (2385 N.
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