Review: One of the most unusual books I've ever read.  And a pleasure.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2013
Other reviews recap what might be called the plot, assuming your idea of plot is pretty flexible.  I love the idea of the Cafe itself as a welcome addition to the urban landscape.  But the story itself reminded me mostly of Kafka and of the French Existential novelists of the early-middle 2oth century -- Gide, Camus, Sartre.  The meandering, the uncertainty, the melted boundaries, the slippery characters.  I recommend it very highly and urge readers, once you realize that the book isn't going to supply you with answers to anything -- keep going.  You don't need answers or the promise of answers to finish the book.