{"id":152,"date":"2017-06-21T10:59:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T17:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icecreamtravelguide.com\/blog\/?p=152"},"modified":"2017-06-20T15:02:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T22:02:10","slug":"square-bar-cafe-san-jose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icecreamtravelguide.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/square-bar-cafe-san-jose\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Bar Cafe San Jose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Square Bar Cafe, obviously! When heading to the South Bay, that is the hot spot! When it&#8217;s nearly 100 degrees, it&#8217;s time to seek ice cream. Obviously for this ice cream lover. This one popped up across foodies&#8217; conscious minds in the last few months so I had to go.<\/p>\n<p>The first Northern California branch of the popular Square Bar Cafe opened in San Jose in Little Saigon back in mid-May. Its boba in lightbulb shapped glass bottles showed up <i>everywhere<\/i>. But when we arrived, I immediately headed for the ice cream. What was fascinating was that the shop used cups branded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birthdaecake.com\/\">Birthdae Cake<\/a> and its logo, the name of another immensely popular ice cream shop in Orange County.  That mystery remains to be solved.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; http:\/\/icecreamtravelguide.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/edit.phpmargin-top:40px; padding:62.5% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BVdQMa5gnaQ\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Raibowing it up today: Hangar 24 (mango slush, apple chunks, chamoy, popping boba, taijin sprinkles) And fruity pepples ice cream sandwich with pandan ice cream. The ice cream even had chunks of pandan\/coconut!!! . . . #dessert #tgif #foodie #yummy #nomnom #icecream #food #desserts #foodporn #yum #foodforfoodies #foodpics #instafood #sweet #dessertporn #delish #foods #delicious<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by Jenn Ng (@jennism) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2017-06-17T22:15:00+00:00\">Jun 17, 2017 at 3:15pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Square Bar Cafe (in San Jose)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squarebarcafe.com\/\">Website<\/a><br \/>\n<i>Bright, playful locale for organic coffee, tea, ice cream &#038; boba drinks, plus a few basic snacks.<\/i><br \/>\nAddress: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/''\/1154+Story+Rd,+San+Jose,+CA+95122\/data=!4m5!4m4!1m0!1m2!1m1!1s0x808fcd2b05fbcbb5:0x6280c96122d30899?sa=X&#038;ved=0ahUKEwi_uJC4sM3UAhUC2GMKHTHTAeUQwwUIKTAA\">1154 Story Rd, San Jose, CA 95122<\/a><br \/>\nHours: Open everyday \u00b7 11 AM \u2013 11 PM<br \/>\nPhone: (669) 292-5228<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Square Bar Cafe, obviously! When heading to the South Bay, that is the hot spot! When it&#8217;s nearly 100 degrees, it&#8217;s time to seek ice cream. Obviously for this ice cream lover. This one popped up across foodies&#8217; conscious minds in the last few months [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.icecreamtravelguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170617_143722-e1497994708213.jpg?fit=2894%2C2663&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8PMSr-2s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":243,"url":"https:\/\/www.icecreamtravelguide.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/11\/noble-folk-ice-cream-pie-bar\/","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":0},"title":"Noble Folk Ice Cream &#038; Pie Bar Healdsburg","date":"July 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I am as influenced by instagram as the next person. 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