The Dinosaur Pompadour

The Dinosaur Pompadour, also known as TDP (and The Dinosaur's Pompadour in two branch locations) is a cafe located in New York where Astoria Joo currently works as barista and junior baker.

## History

Established in 2016, the cafe was founded by former members of indie band Dinosaur Pompadour. The four members: Trev Hutchins, Miles Huang, Colin Philips and Oberon Messer, decided to switch their musical career to joint food and beverage business when the sales of their third album dropped. With Hutchins' leadership as the band's front man, Huang's culinary background as a culinary school graduate, Philips' marketing experience before and when the band was active, and Messer's accounting know-how, the four best friends since middle school founded what is later known as the cafe's business name, Four Dinos and Co.

The cafe soon gained success and reputation, becoming a favorite of mostly nearby office workers or passing commuters, helped by the existence of the cafe's iconic mascot, Percy Phil the Dinosaur Pompadour. Stated in a televised interview for the cafe's third anniversary, the founding members each chip in their non-musical skills to ensure the cafe's success:

* Trev Hutchins, former vocalist, is a natural leader with great hunch that got him voted as CEO by his best friends/former bandmates. Hutchins is a natural leader who loves socializing, and is sometimes the emcee when the cafe is rented for an event.
* Miles Huang, former bassist, is a culinary school graduate, who is also a certified barista. His knowledge of food and drinks, along with his excellent sense of taste, made him the Chief of Product Development. Huang is in charge for all menu items in the cafe, both regular and seasonal.
* Colin Philips is a former keyboardist, who is now Chief Marketing Officer doubled as head in-house media agency, due to his skills in marketing. Colin's brother, Greg, is a business school graduate from a renowned campus, who now works at Four Dinos and Co. as PR manager. Colin was the one who created and named the cafe's mascot Percy Phil.
* Oberon Messer is a former drummer, who in his band days also worked as the band's treasurer & co-managing band merch with Colin Philips. Messer is a certified public accountant before he drummed for the band, thus granting him the position of Chief Financial Officer.

The cafe is still in business to this day, cementing itself as a local treasure for its unique menu and catchy mascot. In its second year running, the cafe opened four new branches across the country, with the New York cafe as 'The Homebase.'

## Trivia

* Four Dinos and Co. is rumored to be bought by Perseus Corporation. Neither Four Dinos and Co. or Perseus Corporation representatives have confirmed or denied this, but sometimes a group of corporate representatives are seen visiting the cafe, presumably for a quarterly audit.
* Since its founding, Four Dinos and Co. holds an annual employee skill development camp for those who wants to hone the skills in their respective fields. Astoria Joo joined the camp in the late year she worked at the Homebase, and gained proficiency in baking.
* The cafe is in early development of a yogurt line, and is using a public poll to determine its first three flavors.
* Cafe founders in the order of eldest to youngest: Hutchins (1984), Messer (1986), Huang (early 1989) and Philips (1990).
* Percy Phil is considered as the fifth member of the group by the cafe's founders. A running joke by them is that Percy Phil is the embodiment of the cafe, who is also considered as their 'son.'
* The Dinosaur Pompadour offers a space for rent on both first and second floor for events such as workshops or gigs, with maximum capacity of up to 50 people.
* Out of all the four founders, Huang and Messer are the ones frequently appearing at the Homebase Branch's cafe, while Hutchins and Philips spend more time in the office, which is located at the building next to the cafe.
* Each of the members of the former band has their own signature drink or food at the cafe, but leaves the public guessing which one was whose. They held a contest of who can guess the signature items correctly, can get a lifetime discount at the cafe. So far, no correct guesses have been claimed.
* The manager of Homebase Cafe is allegedly is or was a member of Mothers of Agony, due to his friendly manner each time Liliana Argus or members of the gang visits the cafe.