Restaurant and Coffee House Generators

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So, the DIY scene has produced tons of great bar/pub and inn generators, and Yoon-Suin's got Tea Houses, but I'm more of a coffee guy myself, and as mentioned in my previous post about carousing, I loves me some good food, so I wanted to come up with some generators for other types of social establishments.

In Vornheim, Zak gives the excellent advice of always having four bars/taverns/drinking establishments ready to go for a session, because those are the sorts of places PCs are likely to visit and that NPCs are likely to be found. I wanted to branch out and create some places that have different feels. Bars and taverns are where you go to meet new people, inns are places you can stay if you don't have an apartment, restaurants a little more "fluffy" for when you go carousing, but still have some adventure hooks, and coffee houses are where you go to learn stuff.

The idea is that any of these can just be a name and some feature that makes it noteworthy, but if the players take an interest in any of them, they can slot right into the overall approach for creating intrigue and adventure hooks. The "Known For" column is mostly just there to make it memorable and may or may not have any game effect (like an "appearance" column in an NPC generator), whereas the "Spice" column is meant to be more directly gameable (some source of conflict or desires that PCs can get mixed up in). As with previous Fellhold generator, the hassled ref can proceed left to right and only use the columns they need.

Without further ado, I present the Restaurant and Coffee House Generators I've prepared for Fellhold.

Coffee House Generator

Coffee Houses are a major part of Fellhold social life, serving as the main meeting place of intellectuals, radicals, and socialites alike. While various varieties of regular coffee are the main beverage served, some houses specialize in more powerful brews. 

Roll	Name Part 1	Name Part 2	Known For	Spice
1	Roasted	Bean	Comfortable and plentiful seating	Secretly the headquarters for a random conspiracy
2	Silver	Spoon	Quiet and respectful patrons	The up and coming leadership of the district’s controlling faction hang out here
3	Good	Wife	Loud and occasionally heated discussions	Stocks an impressive library, for a coffee house (generate a library)
4	Wrecked	Wig	Meeting place for radicals	Owner is looking to introduce some more extreme versions of coffee, needs help procuring it
5	Falling	Feather	Meeting place for influential patrons	Locus for a powerful demon
6	Sweet	Cream	Meeting place for a particular sort of sage	Owner is in a squabble with their powerful and dangerous suppliers
7	Bitter	Cup	Meeting place for players of a popular board game	Sits on a powerful ley line - magic is more intense when cast here
8	Emerald	Mug	Especially potent coffee	Has a deal with one of the Witch Kings to supply their household with coffee on a regular basis
9	Cracked	Head	Really terrible coffee, but great prices	Has an unusually useful bulletin board - 1d3 district rumors available every week
10	Drab	City	Has a lovely bakery	The art on the walls is actually quite good and probably worth more than the prices next to them
11	Rolling	Stone	Scenic views	There’s a secret room in the back where they serve the good stuff
12	Fiery	Mountain	Friendly and attractive staff	Owner is blackmailing a wealthy customer based on some secrets overheard or illicit trysts had in the coffee house
13	Bewitched	Brew	Rude and disdainful (but attractive) staff	Owner is planning to burn the place down and collect the insurance money
14	Naked	Man	Also has a full bar	One of the employees is a spy for a rival faction of the district’s controlling faction
15	Local	Pour	Quirky and eclectic decoration	Something has gone wrong with one of the coffee varieties served here, and it is slowly driving customers mad
16	Blue	Skull	Where all the cool people go	Hosts weekly meetings of a tedious but powerful social organization
17	Crooked	Shadow	Working class customers	By long custom, considered neutral ground by all factions
18	Coffee	Hound	Exotic brews	Owner is a powerful witch
19	Black	Hand	Ingredients come from some remarkable source	Owner wants to get out of the business and sell the place, looking for a buyer
20	Broken	Pot	Students go there to study	Is secretly a lair

Restaurant Generator

The people of Fellhold enjoy a variety of dining options and regularly patronize a large number of restaurants. Each race is known for their own ethnic foods, but most people enjoy most other types of food.

Roll	Name Part 1	Name Part 2	Type of Food	Known For	Spice
1	(Owner's Name)'s	Table	Ratmen	Their famous head chef	Their star dish is made of people
2	Dynamite	Pig	Crabmen	Amazingly Delicious Food	A major faction official eats here regularly, and a rival faction is trying to poison them - by subtly poisoning all of the food
3	Wooden	Bowl	Half-Dwarf	Huge portions	They actually do put an addictive chemical in the food to make you crave it fortnightly
4	Copper	Plate	Witch Kingdom	Rare speciality	Losing money, the owner is desperate for a way to save it
5	Empty	Kitchen	Fellhold Fusion	Impeccable service	Owner requires a rare ingredient for a special festival meal - it can only be found in one of the more dangerous ruined districts
6	Full	Fork	Seafood	Requires reservations months in advance	Hired to cater a major event for the district’s controlling faction, need extra help, willing to pay pretty well
7	Butcher's	Block	Cured Meats	Hole in the wall - a classic	Excellent take out service - you can get high quality rations from them for a reasonable price
8	Lumberjack's	Diner	Meat Pies	Cheap and fast service	A family member of the owner has gone missing - they suspect their biggest rival is behind it
9	Brick	Oven	Noodles	Favorite restaurant of an important patron	Owner is losing business to a rival - they want someone to do something about it
10	Chef's	Knife	Sweet Pies	Long wait times	Owner has a crazy idea to open another location with the same menu and same name but totally different staff. They think they could repeat it multiple times.
11	Tricky	Cookery	Cakes	Romantic ambience	Terms of very specific and very strange loan used to found the business are coming do - owner doesn’t know how to meet them
12	Greasy	Pan	Soups	Working class joint	A troll has taken up residence in one of the booths and won’t stop ordering (and eating) food - everyone is terrified to bring it the check or tell it to leave
13	Tasty	Skillet	Flapjacks	There are several locations around the city	Location is locus of an up and coming demon - it is doing everything it can to enhance the restaurant’s popularity to boost its power
14	Burned	Hand	Stir Fry	Higher class version of usually cheap food	A witch has taken work as a cook there, and they are mixing subtle herbs into the meals which have the effect of Charm Person if enough meals are eaten there
15	Sweet	Spoon	Dumplings	Lower end version of usually fancy food	Haunted by the founder, grandparent of current owner. Not dangerous, but terribly annoying, owner would like it put to rest.
16	Salty	Lad	Roasted Meats	Just opened, everybody wants to check it out	People keep dying in the restaurant - owner swears its not the food and wants someone to investigate
17	Saucy	Lass	Burgers	Has some kind of obnoxious theme	Cook staff is made up entirely of zombie slaves - the witch that controls them is jockeying for a bigger cut
18	Fat	Cook	Sandwiches	Terrible, rude service	Unknown to the owner, staff are selling drugs to customers
19	Boiled	Egg	All Things Egg	Food is awful, but trendy for some reason	Chef has heard rumors of ancient, delicious recipe and will pay well for someone that can recover it from the depths of the Royal Library
20	Secret	Flame	Steak	It’s a “secret” - someone has to tell you about it	Is secretly a lair