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The cafe in Animal Crossing: Wild World. Buy coffee there, and comment on it's taste. 200 bells. Done.
Did you try The Roost's new 'Pigeon Blend'?
The Roost by Javado Beckett February 10, 2008

rules the roost 

Ruling the roost is the same reference. Birds roosting on a perch have a hierarchy the top bird who is at the top of the pecking order gets the best spot and sits where they want.... they therefore rule the roost
rules the roost by hans_hatseflats January 27, 2021

rule the roost 

what my mother says should be the role of the woman in a relationship.
rule the roost by NAAH August 29, 2005

Buzz the Roost 

To return to one's house from a short period of time; going home for a little while;
Dude, let's buzz the roost then hit the road.

The Chickens had come home to roost

The idea that your wrongdoings and misdeeds have caught up with you and you must be held accountable. In context this can be applied in the first or third person.
Like my pops Mad Max had said, “The Chickens had come home to roost…” whatever the fuck that means… (J. Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street

the chickens are coming home to roost

An expression that means that a person is about to pay for their mistakes or bad deeds, similar to "what goes around comes around".
The chickens are coming home to roost, Bobby Boucher. You'll reap the fruit of your selfish ways. You're gonna lose all your fancy foosball games, and you're gonna fail your big exam, because school is THE DEVIL!