# A fantastic idea for a cafe - Snakes and Lattes! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 23, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fantastic-idea-for-a-cafe-snakes-and-lattes/565202 "2010-12-23T17:46:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fantastic-idea-for-a-cafe-snakes-and-lattes/565202/1 "2010-12-23T17:46:16Z")
There’s a great spot which has opened up in my neighbourhood - Snakes and Lattes. It’s a cafe with a liquor license, they serve sandwiches as well as hot chocolate, espresso, lattes, etc. The big selling point is that they have a library of 1,500 + board games, and the wait staff and barristas know them all. For $5 per grown up, and $2.50 for kids, you can play as long as you like. My friend just got a job there as someone who drifts around and explains the rules. We were there last night and the place was packed! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fantastic-idea-for-a-cafe-snakes-and-lattes/565202/2 "2010-12-23T17:48:06Z")
That sounds like a lot of fun. But is it weird eating in a place that has the word “Snakes” in the title? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fantastic-idea-for-a-cafe-snakes-and-lattes/565202/3 "2010-12-23T17:52:07Z")
Well, I believe if you wanted to open one in the US, you’d call it Chutes and Lattes. 😃 (Which reminds me, I’ve always meant to ask: do European versions of the game have actual snakes on the board picture? And…why would you want to slide down a snake?) It does sound like a lot of fun! I’d take the wee one there for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fantastic-idea-for-a-cafe-snakes-and-lattes/565202/4 "2010-12-23T18:12:53Z")
I’d never encountered ‘Chutes and Ladders’ before - up here in Canada, all the versions of the game I’ve ever seen have snakes right there on the board; often with fangs and everything. My kids loved it - we played ‘Pirate vs. Pirate’ until it was time to go to a show called “The Mummers’ Masque”. A pretty fun evening all around. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fantastic-idea-for-a-cafe-snakes-and-lattes/565202/5 "2010-12-23T22:44:20Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > That sounds like a lot of fun. But is it weird eating in a place that has the word “Snakes” in the title? I am sick of these motherfucking snakes in my motherfucking latte. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fantastic-idea-for-a-cafe-snakes-and-lattes/565202/6 "2010-12-23T22:45:25Z")
Oh boa, here we go with the coffee/snake puns.