Slightly different, but it might be worth reaching out to the people at WorkshopCafe (in SF). It similar, and they might have good feedback.
Personally, I love the idea. I know people that listen to coffee shop white noise, instead of music, while working, even when they are not in a coffee shop. However, like Tom mentioned, I can understand how if your customers not expecting that level of sound/noise in a coworking space it could be an issue. Good luck, hope it works out! Michelle @mtdarby On Sunday, October 13, 2013 8:13:12 AM UTC-7, Tom Brandt - Workantile wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:> [mailto: >> [email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *LA Tripp >> *Sent:* 13 October 2013 07:25 >> *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> >> *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] <javascript:>. >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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. 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