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[–] [email protected] 62 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Americans reinventing coffee houses that aren't Starbucks be like:

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

You gotta pay to be at a coffee house. And sure, coffee isn't terribly expensive and most places won't kick you out even hours after you've bought your single cup of coffee, but non-Starbucks coffee shops are usually tiny and in some places hard to find.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think this is why Borders went out of business...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Borders was pretty cool.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A bookstore that also had a cafe in it. People would go there and buy a drink or whatever and read. The problem was after reading they didn't have to buy the book. I read a ton of comic books for the price of a coke back then. A library set up like this would be pretty cool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That sounds like Hastings kind of.

So many good stores that are now extinct.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is secretly one of my life goals: have (graphic novel) library that is also a café. Maybe when I'm retired (aka never) 👌

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I like it, and can it have a dedicated place to draw/create? What's the auditory experience going to be like? You're going to have to tell us more about this cafe you're 'never' going to have XD