I love hanging out at coffee shops. I love being able to chill on my computer, read books, play games with friends, etc. coffee shops are a fun “third space” to do this. Yet every coffee shop seems to close at 2-3pm, or maybe 5pm if you’re lucky. It’s as if everyone believes coffee should be cut off by afternoon, leaving only bars as a logical third place.
One thing I love about Asian areas (Ktown, etc) is they seem to value the coffee shop as a third place and 99% of them are open until late at night - sometimes 11pm or midnight, crowded with Koreans playing board games and hanging out for post diner coffee and dessert. I usually make the trek to my local Korean town for evening relaxation but it would be nice if the American style coffee shops stayed open too.
Unpopular opinion- coffee is not a “daytime only” drink and coffee shops should stay open late. #conversation source