Mark Duchas, who prefers Cava Java because of its convenient location, said he goes to cafes to eat breakfast and do some light studying. I don't stay for that long - usually about an hour maximum. All this and food too Along with cafes are bagel shops, which are similar to cafes in most respects, but focus their culinary efforts on making sublim bagels. Vandepitte said most of Einstein Bros.' business is from students during the week and older people on weekends stopping in before or after church. But Einstein Bros. bagels faces stiff competition from Bruegger's Bagels, just around the block.
People like to come here because our lines move faster and they like our cream cheese better.
On the horizon With the plethora of cafes on campus, one wonders if they will remain thriving for a long time or if they are merely a passing fad. Each of the managers and owners interviewed said business was going very well. University history Prof. Nicholas Steneck said the present wave of coffeehouses arrived with the Yuppies in the late '70s and early '80s. That is not to say that public hangouts disappeared, but they were not the center of action. Steneck gives the reservedly confident reply of a historian when he talks about the future of coffeeshops.