That cafe on 3rd Street changed owners 6 months ago and it's a ghost town now

I used to go to Brew & Browse every Tuesday for the open mic nights and it was packed. New owner switched the playlist to all top 40 pop and raised drip coffee to $4.50 - now I counted 4 people in there at 7pm last Friday. Anyone else notice their local spot just lose all its soul after a change like that?

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finleym438h ago

Totally feel this. Same thing happened to The Daily Grind near my apartment. New owner came in and replaced all the cozy mismatched couches with those metal chairs that hurt if you sit more than 10 minutes. Then they stopped doing the monthly art shows local people hung their stuff on the walls. Last time I went they were blasting some EDM remix of a Taylor Swift song at like 10am on a Sunday and I just left. Place used to be the best spot to waste a rainy afternoon and now it feels like a waiting room. Such a bummer when people take something good and try to make it "better" by ruining everything that made it special.

williamm8234m ago

Oh man, the Taylor Swift EDM remix early Sunday morning is a war crime. That's the part that gets me - they don't just change the furniture and the art, they have to completely destroy the whole vibe. Like congrats, you turned a cozy neighborhood hangout into a sterile box with bad music. The metal chairs thing is brutal too. Nothing says "we don't want you staying long" like seating designed by someone who hates the human spine. Coffee shops that do that stuff forget they're selling a place to exist, not just a cup of beans.