If you are the sort of person who enjoys toting your laptop to a coffee shop and working there for a few hours, or perhaps even the better part of the day, perhaps you've always been pissed off that the experience only runs you the cost of a coffee and pastry? If so, listen up. On St. Mark's Place in the East Village, Cafe Fuego (better known as "you know, the place underneath Sing-Sing Karaoke") will let you pay more—lots more!—for the privilege.
Actually, it's not Cafe Fuego that wants you to pay, but rather a group called cooperBricolage. The concept, from its about page: "cooperBricolage is where you can use 'free' wifi and get a coffee and/or sandwich for a small entry fee. People in the cafe workspace are working to build businesses, artistic collaboration or simply programming for a new startup. We are trying to minimize the normal cafe traffic that comes from being in Starbucks or some other Internet cafes." The cost for this nearly-'free' service? $15/day, or $200/month. But, oh, the networking! The grand opening was yesterday; looks—uh, yeah!
Those in the neighborhood seeking coffee and/or WiFi, might we direct you to the Mud Truck? Or perhaps one of the two well-outfitted Starbucks on Astor Place? Good, thanks.
· Photos from Our Grand Opening [cooperbricolage.com via Silicon Alley Insider]
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU SHUT UP LISA. What the f***k- do these people think? It's not the Left Bank of the Seine- go to work like everyone else. This is for totally lazy dickwads, and in your case, cuntwad.
Lisa - thanks/appreciate the shout out - and the compliment.
Jesse - these people DO have lives - which is why these people (free-agents, entrepreneurs, creatives) are interested in a community physical space such as this. I am a fan of the Mud Coffee, as well as Fuegos - we completely support you in getting there. Cafe Fuego offers their coffee and BAR with reasonable prices with AND without membership.
John - sorry, no one owns CooBric. Lisa (more than likely) is a member of the community, not someone on the CooBric Comm. But she - and anyone - is welcome to become part of the governance. The goal is to build a community space where people can grow their businesses. We would be happy to have you come join us.
Crack on this all you'd like - the membership fees goes to support the efforts on building more of these spaces as well as pay for the staff who works there (waitress service is not free, nor is the wifi, the rent, the hardware, the insurance...) Awww, you're not interested in the business side, are you?
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