How to create less constricting cafés? Design them like they're open markets

Cafés, for all the comfort their consumable offerings bring, can be, and often are, spatially restrictive – whether you find yourself snuggled into a side-street space or huddled in line at a cult coffee destination. They are spaces that can be ex
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