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I visited a friend in the city and he took me to Philz Coffee which felt a little like the soup nazi of Java.

You don't put your own milk in. They do. They know best. They are experts.

Each cup is made individually. There isn't a huge pot of coffee brewing that gets sloshed into your cup and throw over to you.

It shows too, as it tastes fantastic. I felt like i hadn't tasted coffee before!

In honour of the new coffee shop that I just found, I whipped up a Google Map using the new version 2 API.

I wanted to play around, so I first setup the map, adding the controls for zooming and views (satellite, hybrid, just map):

        var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
        var point = new GLatLng(37.761194, -122.430728);

        map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
        map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
        map.addControl(new GScaleControl());

        map.setCenter(point, 16);

        // Create our "coffee" marker icon
        var icon = new GIcon();
        icon.image = "http://almaer.com/philzgmap/philmarker.png";
        icon.iconSize = new GSize(26, 41);
        icon.iconAnchor = new GPoint(30, -10);
        icon.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(5, 1);

        // Our info window content
        var infoTabs = [
                new GInfoWindowTab("About Philz", "<div style='float: left; padding: 10px;'><a href='http://www.philzcoffee.com/'><img src='http://almaer.com/philzgmap/phillogo.png' border='0' /></a></div><>Philz Coffee in San Francisco has developed a devoted following, and for good reason.</p><p>The ten blends that are now available by the pound are the result of 25 years of coffee alchemy and invention.</p>"),
                new GInfoWindowTab("Locations", "<div align='center' style='padding: 10px;'><a href='http://www.philzcoffee.com/'><img src='http://almaer.com/philzgmap/phillogo.png' border='0' /></a></div><div style='float: left'><b>Mission District</b><br/>3101 24th St. at Folsom St.<br/>Cafe: 415.282.9155</div><div style='float: right'><b>Castro District</b><br/>3901 18th St. at Sanchez<br/>Cafe: 415.552-8378</div>")
        ];

        var marker = new GMarker(point, icon);
        GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
                marker.openInfoWindowTabsHtml(infoTabs, {maxWidth: 400} );
        });

        map.addOverlay(marker);

        marker.openInfoWindowTabsHtml(infoTabs, {maxWidth: 400} );

Nice and simple. If Philz gives me some free coffee then I would be willing to create a nice map widget for their locations for them to put on their about page