Mocha, photo by smalltowngirl
I support local businesses where possible, and I also work remotely from locations around St. Louis regularly. I’m always watching for locally owned wi-fi hotpots where I’m welcome to sit with my laptop for 3-4 hours at a time, working.
I’ve fallen into the St. Louis Bread Company habit, and frankly, that depresses me. I don’t like their coffee that much, and the place just takes a little from my soul each time I work there, not unlike the way shopping in Wal-Mart kills my brain cells.
Exposed Brick, photo by smalltowngirl
Though it may at first seem unrelated, it was the Atomic Cowboy’s exposed brick walls last night at the #SeattleCatTweetup that made me realize just how much I hate working from Bread Company.
Not one to sit in discontent for long, I asked some St. Louis twitter friends today to make their suggestions for great wi-fi/work hotspots in and around St. Louis. As far as I know, all of these businesses are locally owned and have wi-fi. If you see a mistake here or you have additional suggestions, please leave a comment for me.
If you like this list, you should check out the list of St. Louis restaurants and bars twitter friends helped me generate in July.
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Kayak’s Coffee (on Skinker near Washington University)
Park Ave Coffee (Lafayette Square; open fairly late with great patio)
Bauhaus Kaffee (Farmington; serving Kaldi’s coffee)
Mississippi Mud (Cape Girardeau and St. Louis on Cherokee Street)
The Royale (South City)
Hartford Coffee (South of Tower Grove Park on Hartford Street)
Coffee Cartel (Central West End, Open 24 hours!)
Provisions (on Olive – This one was suggested, but I wouldn’t have thought of it as a work/wifi spot. Can anyone confirm or deny this is a potential laptop-friendly wifi spot?)
Murdoch Perk (closed Mondays; on Murdoch btwn S. Kingshighway and Hampton in Southampton)
La Dolce Via (closed Mondays and Tuesdays; on Taylor in the Grove/Forest Park Southeast)
Northwest Coffee (two locations; Central West End and Clayton)
Companion (Central West End, Clayton and Ladue)
Wired Coffee (Sunset Hills)
Foundation Grounds (Maplewood)
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(Thanks to @michaeltomko, @poppymom, @Lisa_S_47, @threefourteen, @meporter, @cjonescgp, @elsicomoro, @jrobmartin, @allabuzz and @theroyale for recommendations and more information about these businesses)