# Yeah, Welcome to "Cafe Society" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-welcome-to-cafe-society/78723 "2001-08-29T15:33:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-welcome-to-cafe-society/78723/61 "2001-08-31T16:22:15Z")
Here I was thinking that I could get a good martini, listen to Bobby Short sing some Cole Porter, smoke a Chesterfield King without being looked askance at, and, instead, I find myself in a coffee shop? Where’s Heywood Broun when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-welcome-to-cafe-society/78723/62 "2001-08-31T16:26:34Z")
Don’t worry, we can handle everyone here. I’m minding the register at the moment, but **Eutychus** should be by shortly to take your order. If you’re lucky, he’ll be wearing the cocktail waitress outfit. ---
**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-welcome-to-cafe-society/78723/63 "2001-08-31T16:31:54Z")
But plnnr, I thought we could drink and compare notes on alcohol and fine cigars here too. Even though this is a coffee shop, I thought I saw a sommelier around here somewhere. [celestina goes off to search for that sommelier] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-welcome-to-cafe-society/78723.md?page=3)