It's very overpriced for what they're selling. I know that's pretty outrageous. Podolski said she might consider going to a cafe instead of a bar on a Friday or Saturday night. Karen Whitman, an LSA senior, also said she doesn't do particularly serious homework in coffeeshops. I usually just read good books in the cafe - nothing I need to have a lot of concentration for.
Most cafes are now non-smoking.
However, Gratzi, located on South State Street, and Rendez-Vous Cafe on South University Avenue still allow smoking. While most of the shops near campus are called cafes, some people do not consider them to be traditional cafes. Cafes are commonly associated with wide rooms, comfortably dingy couches, bookshelves cluttered with books and boardgames, and other items found in unkempt pads - like the Espresso Royale on Main Street or the recently closed Not Another Cafe. Most of the cafes near campus, however, are fairly small, tidy, organized places that might be more appropriately called coffeehouses or shops. But Johanson said the distinction is hair-splitting and that many of the cafes he has visited in Italy, southern Switzerland and France resemble Cava Java's style.