As I like to think of myself as a coffeehouse expert-I am not sure that
its as big of a problem here as it might be in Seattle. As a matter of
fact, I do not know of one coffeehouse owner that I have ever heard have
issues with lingering, or that they think WIFI causes people not to
purchase beverages. I know of a few coffeehouses that just do not have
WIFI, and have outlets for people who want the juice to power laptops but
do not have any internet access and they do just fine. The local places
like Blue Moon, Tillies Bean, even the Bean Scene; do not have issues with
people lingering. I think our market is different here- I think we have
alot of Minneapolitans that are good coffeehouse customers, and sometimes
they even drop by the same place 3x a day for the same drinks. What I am
happy to see, is the evolution of coffeehouses changing, adding beer and
wine, adding wifi, or computers, adding single origin organic coffees,
having really good food! Look at the May Day, Look at Gigis, Look at the
groovy new place called Sip..I mean what are we complaining about?
Gina Palandri
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