This conversation seemed to come up every eight months on tumblr and no one mentions the elephant in the room : cafes have dogshit profit margins compared to bars which is why the ones you see still in use tend to be volunteer/non profit based https://twitter.com/larrybobsf/status/1356626994411130880

Like, just having seating is going to cost you money cause the only thing that matters is volume of high margin drinks purchased per minute

You can tell how long a cafe has been running by how comfortable the seating is

Anyway just another notch in the “profit seeking is why we can’t have nice things” bedpost