You can work a full day here, from the moment we open to the moment we close. The shared workspace is free, the whole menu is served all day, and a coffee makes the desk yours until you leave.
People ask what that actually looks like, so here is a day in the room, start to finish.
Arriving
Order at the counter first. If you are staying the day, get a coffee: buying something is how the room stays free, and it makes the desk yours. Ask for the WiFi password while you are there.
Then walk through to the workspace. It is its own room, past the door with the hand-lettered sign on the wall of green leaves. Pick a desk rather than a cafe table, because you are staying for more than an hour, and plug in. There is power at nearly every seat.
The morning
Breakfast does not stop at eleven here, so there is no rush to order it. The Breakfast Sandwich, the breakfast burritos, Breakfast In Bed and both kinds of oats are on all day. If you would rather start with a lunch sandwich, you can order that at opening instead.
Mornings are the best time for the work that needs your whole head. Decide before you open the laptop what you want finished by lunch, and do that first. The email can wait until you are tired. There is more on planning a session like this in how to stay productive working from a coffee shop.
If a call comes up, the WiFi handles video calls. For one that needs privacy, the conference room has a door and is booked by the hour.
Lunch without packing up
This is where working from a coffee shop usually falls apart. You get hungry, you have to go and find food, and the afternoon starts half an hour late. Here, lunch comes to your desk.
The sandwiches can all be made as a bowl to keep them gluten free, or on Dave’s bread to keep them vegan. The Rustic and The Snacker are vegan as they come. For the quickest lunch in the building, there is cup ramen on the shelf by the register and hot water at the counter. Our menu calls it the lunch that does not interrupt a work session, and it is not wrong.
Please do not bring lunch in from outside. The whole menu is here all day, and buying it here keeps the workspace free. The menu has everything with prices.
The afternoon
Afternoons are for the work that can survive a lower battery in you: replies, admin, tidying up what the morning produced. On weekdays there is a happy hour on sandwiches through the middle of the afternoon, and the FAQ has the details, if a late lunch suits you better.
When the slump arrives, get up. A cortado is small and strong. A cold brew lasts. Better still, take ten minutes in the library, where every book was given to us by somebody who could say why they liked it. There is a community book on the shelf that anyone can write or draw in, too.
The last hour
We keep coffee-shop hours, and we close earlier than an office building does, so check our hours and work backwards from them. Anything you need printed, ask at the counter well before the end rather than in the last five minutes.
The last hour is a good time to write down where you stopped and what comes first tomorrow. Then close the laptop while you still have a little left, rather than when you have run completely dry. There is a shelf of board games in the room for anyone who would rather not go straight home.
Doing it again
Nothing needs booking and nothing needs joining. If the day worked, come back tomorrow and do the same. If you want to compare us with other places before you commit a day, our guide to the best coffee shops to work remotely in Mesa rates five, ours included, and how long you can stay at a coffee shop to work covers the manners of staying.