Students drink coffee like a Gilmore Girl

Ruby Rosenthal, Entertainment Editor • 7 Views

October 5, 2016

Participating coffeehouse locations across America open their doors as Luke’s Diner on Oct. 5 for Gilmore Girls fans to indulge in coffee and bakery items.
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Theatre junior Skyler Sajewski (left) and her mother dress as characters from the show Gilmore Girls when getting coffee.
Photo courtesy of Skyler Sajewski
Cups with quotes from Gilmore Girls at Subculture Coffee in West Palm Beach.
Photo courtesy of Madison Hedge
Dance junior Leigh Goldenberger (L-R), visual junior Jessica Gabbert, dance junior Madison Hedge, and visual junior Alexandra Gabbert pose in front of Subculture Coffee, holding cups that resemble those from Gilmore Girls’ Luke’s Diner.
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Harold’s Coffee Lounge in West Palm Beach transformed into a Luke’s Diner from the early 2000s dramedy, Gilmore Girls on Oct. 5. Harold’s was one of 200 cafes around the country and Canada participating in this.
Photo courtesy of Skyler Sajewski

Dressed in plaid and fueled by coffee, fans of the early 2000s dramedy, Gilmore Girls, were treated to a surprise on Oct. 5. Thanks to both Netflix’s revival of the show and its sixteenth birthday, over 200 coffee shops around the country and Canada were transformed into a Luke’s Diner, the restaurant the Gilmore girls visited to get their daily coffee fix. The only missing aspect true to the show were the crabby, backwards-cap wearing baristas not guaranteed in every location.

Locally, from 7 a.m. to noon, Palm Beach County fans could visit Clematis Street’s Subculture Coffee and Harold’s Coffee Lounge to dine like a Gilmore. Upon entering the restaurant, it was decorated to resemble a Luke’s, complete with his “no cell phones” sign and other themed items. Coffee cups each had a quote from a character on the side including “This is a jumbo coffee morning. I need coffee in an IV” and “Nothing says coffee like six in the morning” while music from the show played in the background.

“It was a really special experience for my mom and I because we’ve been watching the show since I was born,” theatre junior Skyler Sajewski said. “We watch it over and over again and can pretty much call ourselves experts [on the show]. It was very funny because we dressed up as the characters from the show and people recognized what we were doing. I’ve always wanted to go to a Luke’s Diner, so this is an experience I’ll never forget.”

Gilmore Girls isn’t simply a show, it’s a lifestyle and a religion that will be premiering almost as fast as the Gilmores talk on Netflix Nov. 25.

Below is the full list of cafes in Florida that were transformed into a Luke’s: