Late night coffee shops
Whatever happened to the kind of coffee shops in the late '90s that were community gathering places? We used to hang out all night. Watch local music, poetry, art shows, game nights, community activism, etc. They were big, dimly lit, with cozy couches, local artists, paintings on the walls, and warm. Oh, and big ceramic mugs, not these tiny little paper or plastic cups. After a late night at work in the late '90s we would hang out at various coffee shops till midnight two or three times a week. Now all coffee shops are tiny, stale, little hard-chaired, bright and cold shops that close before I get out of work. No community events and they just want you in and out. I'm not an early morning coffee drinker, I'm a late night coffee drinker that wants to be social while doing it.