I am writing a paper for English class in which I compare two local Tucson coffee shops, Bentley’s and Epic Cafe, as commercial spaces. This means that I try to figure out what it is about the coffee shops themselves (the environment, the atmosphere, the way the tables are set up, the music, basically any intentionally created aspect of the shop as a space) that convinces or does not convince people to buy coffee/food/tea/what-have-you. The responses to this thread may or may not be used in my essay. (At the very least, I’m curious about the topic.) If I use them, I plan to include the thread’s URL as a cite in the essay. Just so you know.
For anyone who has a favorite coffee shop, or only a handful of coffee shops they visit, or a certain type they do or don’t visit (for example, not patronizing chain coffee houses): Please tell me why. (For the purposes of this question, I’m asking you to consider chains as one coffee shop each. What I mean to say is that if, for example, the only coffee shops you ever go to are Starbucks, I’d like to know why.)
For those who do not distinguish or discriminate between coffee shops in any way: Why? Why not? Do you feel there is any reason?
For those in Tucson who have visited Bentley’s and/or Epic Cafe: Please tell me why you do or do not frequent these coffee houses, if you feel there is a reason.