BRAINWASH CAFE
& LAUNDROMAT


Location: 1122 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

In his continuing series of reviews from pinball locations around the world, our reporter John heads to America's west coast and to San Francisco where he discovers somewhere you can do eat, play pinball and wash your laundry.

In September 2012, I visited San Francisco as my first stop on my trip to the USA.

After visiting the Golden Gate Bridge on the morning of my 2nd day in the city, I began my journey to the BrainWash & Laundromat for a late lunch.

Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge
Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge

It took me more than an hour to travel from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Civic Center Metro station by bus and train.

Civic Center Metro station
Civic Center Metro station

I reached the BrainWash Cafe after a ten minute walk from the Metro station.

Arriving at the BrainWash Cafe
Arriving at the BrainWash Cafe

The BrainWash Cafe
The BrainWash Cafe & Laundromat

My wife and I were very hungry, so as soon as we arrived at the store we immediately ordered a late lunch.

The cafe
The cafe

In general, the meal of hamburgers was large, but not all that delicious when compared with the hamburgers available in Hong Kong's fast food shops.

Hamburgers for lunch at the BrainWash
Hamburgers for lunch at the BrainWash

It was not surprise though, since people from different regions often have different tastes in food.

Time for pinball
Time for pinball

There were three pinball machines near the entrance to the laundry area - Roadshow, South Park and Fish Tales.

The pinballs at the BrainWash
The pinballs at the BrainWash

Immediately after lunch I started playing all three of them.

Roadshow
Roadshow

South Park
South Park

Fish Tales
Fish Tales

The condition of the pinballs was good, and it was easy to get replays.

Unfortunately, I felt very cold when I was playing the pinballs since the entrance doors kept opening, letting in cold air.

The entrance doors next to the pinballs
The entrance doors next to the pinballs

So, I had to leave after playing pinballs only for thirty minutes. It was quite sad...

The laundromat part of BrainWash
The laundromat part of BrainWash

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