The Roost

The Roost is a café in the. It made its first appearance in. The Roost offers respite for all who wish to visit. It is run by Brewster and serves different blends of coffee a day for 200 Bells, one cup purchasable per day.

From time to time, other special characters will visit the Roost and be sat at the bar with a cup of coffee, usually before or after their works hours. They can be approached and spoken to, sometimes offering a useful insight into their personal lives.

In Animal Crossing: Wild World
On a Saturday night after 8:00PM, K.K. Slider will play music for the player. Just like in earlier titles, the player can pick any song of K.K. Slider's or have one randomly selected. After K.K. finishes singing, he will give the player a copy of the song to take home to play on their stereo. Only one song can be obtained per Saturday. However, the player can hear another one of K.K.'s songs if there is no room in their pockets to hold a piece of music. To request a song, it must be typed exactly as it is written, including spaces, periods, symbols, and capitals.

In Animal Crossing: City Folk
In, the Roost retains its services last seen in Wild World, with the addition of villagers who now enter the Roost. K.K. will now give encores, but he will only give the player a bootleg copy of the first song he plays (unless, as in Wild World, they have no room for the first song in their pockets.)

Gyroid Storage
In addition to encores and villagers, the coffee shop has utility as a storage device. If a player buys a cup of coffee each day for seven days straight, Brewster will ask the player if they would like to store their Gyroids with him. Brewster will not allow the player this luxury if the coffees are not drunk right away while they are still piping hot.

This frees up lots of space in the player's house's closets and rooms. However, he will only keep one of each Gyroid.

It is possible to see a few Gyroids on Brewster's shelves, especially during a K.K. Slider show.

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf
In, the Roost is now its own building and is again run by Brewster. The building is purchasable as one of the Public Works Projects once the renovation has been completed and seven to ten days have passed. The building can be built anywhere in the town, with Isabelle helping the mayor choose a suitable spot.

Features
The café is used by villagers who live in the town and those who live in towns that the player has visited. Special characters will also enter. They will visit at random, and can be found sitting at the bar drinking coffee.

Once the player has bought three cups of coffee, Brewster will give the player the option to take it away with them by puchasing their coffee at the side counter. The character can then carry the coffee in place of a tool and take sips of it by pressing the A button. Only the day after the third cup of coffee, will the take-out option be applicable.

Working in the Café

 * See also: Café Series and Coffee Preferences

When the player has bought and drank six coffees, Brewster will allow the player to work behind the bar as a barista between 11:00 am and 11:00 pm on non-holiday days. The player will be able to serve drinks to villagers, each with different preferences, such as adding milk or sugar. At the end of their shift, Brewster gives the player payment in the form of coffee beans.

The more villagers are served their favorite drink, the more valuable the payment is. The payment will be one of the following: plain coffee beans (sellable for 500 Bells),  good coffee beans (sellable for 1000 Bells), very good coffee beans (sellable for 2000 Bells), or superb coffee beans (sellable for 2400 Bells). In addition to the daily reward, the player may get an item of furniture from the Café Series which the player can place in their house if they have served a certain amount of favorite drinks in total.

Special Characters
During certain times of the day, special characters may be found sitting on a stool by the counter. Below are the characters and their times:


 * Pelly or Pete - 6:00AM to 6:55AM
 * Tortimer or Dr. Shrunk - 8:00AM to 9:30AM
 * Resetti or Don Resetti - 12:00PM to 1:30PM
 * Kapp'n or Phineas - 2:30PM to 4:00PM
 * DJ KK - 5:30PM to 7:00PM
 * Phyllis or Digby - 9:00PM to 9:55PM
 * Gracie, Kicks or Tom Nook - 12:00AM to 1:30AM

In Animal Crossing: The Movie
In Animal Crossing: The Movie, Ai comes to The Roost in order to find Apollo. Once she arrives, she meets Cesar and Cyrano. Once Apollo arrives, she delivers the package that he had ordered from Tom Nook, then apologizes for the destruction of his flowers, which she had accidentally crushed during the delivery. Apollo compliments Brewster on his coffee, takes his package, and leaves.

Ai is also seen at the Roost after Margie moves away. She sadly asks Brewster for a cup of coffee. She then hears K.K. Bossa, Margie's favorite song. She starts crying for her friend. Whitney, who is sitting across from her, consoles her, saying that if she believes in herself, her and Margie's bond will never fade. When Ai leaves, Whitney compares two woman's bond to a bond between a man and a woman, and no matter how she tries, she will never return it to the way it was.