If you’re coming to the Bay Area and trying to find cafés to work from, here are some honest reviews of the popular ones

Bay has no shortage of cafés where people camp out with their laptops, but the vibe varies a lot.

Some are great for deep work, some are basically open-air conference calls.
We asked locals to describe the popular spots in one sentence and here’s what they said:

• Capital One Cafe: “the place where everyone’s actually on a call”

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• Sightglass SF Mission: “founders and creatives pretending the wifi works”

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• Saint Frank SF: “founders queuing for the bathroom between pitch practice”

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• Blue Bottle Palo Alto: “the startup school crossover episode”

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What’s your take if you’ve been to any of these. And check more in the deskmate map here!