Workantile had a coffee shop in the front of our space for a while when we first opened, but it did not work.
Even though the coffee shop was separated from the coworking area by a couple of walls, noise from the bean grinders, espresso machine, and chatter from the coffee shop customers spilled over into the coworking area. There was a constant stream of coffee shop customers traipsing through the coworking area to use the bathrooms. It was all incredibly distracting. Pretty much everything people hated about working in coffee shops was there in the coworking area. The shop eventually moved out into a larger space, and we claimed their former space for our own. This worked out for everyone - the shop got more space, we got more space, and the distractions that the coffee shop imposed on us were gone. We now provide Zingerman's coffee in our kitchen for members. There are several coffee shops within a couple blocks of Workantile that members use as well. It sounds like a good idea, but unless you carefully work out noise isolation, bathroom access, foot traffic flow, and so forth, there will be problems. On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Fay Easton <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi - always felt this might work but not yet tried it at our hubs - seems > to have taken off brilliantly here:**** > > www.centralworking.com at the BLOOMSBURY unit.**** > > Footfall is mega in that area so am sure that contributes to the success > and the ‘front seating’ at stools/bars is not designed for laptop width! > Member area / fab co working space that you can see on the pics on the > site is accessed through turnstile **** > > Interesting article & comments on the Coffee Shop Squatters thanks for > sharing that - agree with consensus that one hour code would protect the > business owners’ investment & onward trade.**** > > New style’ units may well spring up based on market demand - Working > Cafes where the coffee may be dearer but the service is costed in.**** > > Best,**** > > Fay**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *LA Tripp > *Sent:* 13 October 2013 07:25 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Coworking] Coffee Shop/Coworking Combination Business Model*** > * > > ** ** > > Hi All! > > I have been searching for this in the past threads but haven't found this > exactly. I was wondering if anyone has a Coworking space and coffee shop > combination, where the coffee shop is an actual cafe run by a separate > entity? The cafe would be in the front showroom area of the old auto > dealership building I have in mind, with coworking in the warehouse/office > part in the back; there would be some separation of the spaces, but I'd > like to at least have a clear view into some the coworking space from the > cafe. I have someone who might be interested, and it would certainly pull > in potential coworkers. With the exception of Starbucks, most cafes in > Pasadena are discontinuing their wifi, so I don't think anyone would be > especially outraged if that wasn't offered in the cafe part. What may > irritate coworkers is paying for coffee! Anyone have a business model for > this they could share? Or is this a bad combo, and why? > > You all might get a kick out of this segement a few weeks ago on our local > radio station about Coffee Shop Squatters: > http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2013/09/10/33648/coffeehouses-fight-back-against-wi-fi-squatters/ > I was driving and so I couldn't call in and plug coworking as the solution! > > Many thanks! > > Loren**** > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.**** > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- twb member, Workantile <http://workantile.com/> @twbrandt -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
