[dlojudice]

I got the impression that if the strategy works, the market positioning of cafes will shift from selling coffee and cookies to selling workstations with food perks.

[e12e]

Japanese manga kissaten entered the chat ;)

See also cybercafes/internet cafes.

[bombcar]

We even had those in the USA for awhile, when computers that could play games cost quite a bit so $5 to play red alert wasn’t a horribly bad option.

The proliferation of laptops means that people are bringing their own workstations.