Midsummer and heat do not dispose to thoughtful work, especially in megalopolises. I want to either roll in the shade, or ... roll in the shade. True, the Novosibirsk people would now argue with this thesis, but they simply had no luck. Still, in the whole country, the summer turned out to be classic. And if you have not been on vacation, now is the time.

We have already picked up useful mobile apps and all sorts of interesting gadgets for all those who want to have a rest, so that the vacation is fun and exciting. Now we want to offer you a small selection of cafes that will appeal to all true IT professionals and workers. Any beaches, tours and corrupting body and soul all inclusive is a good thing, but still trivial. So if you are passing through some parts of the world, take a look at the cafes and restaurants we have chosen. And then write down whether you liked.

Solder

Address: Moscow, st. Running, 2
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This cafe should please everyone who is friends with a soldering iron. The entire ceiling in the hall of medium size plastered with motherboards with multi-colored twinkling LEDs.



A stylish combination of red chairs and black tables, exhaust sleeves over some tables, warning coloring of the columns, wallpaper of a calm color - a real men's cafe.







Prices are average. The music is quite pop, but in moderation. Wi-Fi is available but unprotected. Directly from the cafe there is an entrance to the Chip & Dip shop, so you can combine business with pleasure. Pretty nice place, immediately setting up a businesslike mood.

Klütch

Address: St. Petersburg, st. Chekhov, 3



This establishment positions itself as an IT bar, as well as a post-internet club. In fact, this cafe with a bias in coworking. And before that it was an anti-cafe - the fee was taken during the stay.







The design of the hall seems to hint that the target audience is IT specialists and, in general, all kinds of geeks. But even this is not important. The most interesting thing about this cafe is to regularly conduct all sorts of IT-lectures, seminars and master classes. In our opinion, the word "club" would be much more appropriate when describing Klyütch than "cafe" or "bar".

Gagarin

Address: Nizhny Novgorod, Molodozhny Ave, 12A



The interior is designed in the style of a la spacecraft: steel, rivets, the starry sky, photos of astronauts. True, there are no entourage objects related to space. The food here is no frills. By the way, it would be very original if the menu had at least a couple of dishes in tubes, as for astronauts. They say that they want to realize this idea in Tyumen, in a restaurant under construction.





The situation with geek cafes abroad is much better, although there they are not abundant. We picked up some interesting options that could well be used as ideas for creating analogs in Russian cities.

Foonzo (Canada)

Address: 1245 Rue Drummond, Montréal, QC H3G 1V8, Canada



Black and red colors, angular furniture, the ceiling in the twilight and a few slot machines and TVs with game consoles. Great place to sit with friends or work. Somewhat gloomy, but this is a matter of taste.

Miracle of Science (USA)

Address: 321 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States





By modern standards, this is an ancient institution, which opened in 1991 already. The menu here is written on the blackboard in the form of a periodic system of elements. Quiet place with excellent cuisine. Due to the location of the institution, its main customers are scientists and students. The American version of the "scientific" pub.

Hajime (Thailand)

Address: 3 / F, Monopoly Park, 59/27 Rama 3 Rd., Thailand



The usual restaurant with traditional Thai cuisine, but with waiters-robots. Visitors choose dishes on the touch screens, and electronic blockheads in the form of Japanese warriors deliver orders on tables. Also, robots automatically take empty dishes from the tables.

Barcade (United States)

Address: 388 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211, United States





Bar-cafe, lined with existing slot machines. Once it was the main entertainment of young people, and now the machines have become an attribute of nostalgia for geeks. Relentless tread of progress.

By the way, in Moscow there is a place called the Museum of Soviet Gaming Machines (m. Baumanskaya). Here are collected a variety of machines from our childhood, with almost all existing, and they can play. For this you need to buy Soviet coins from the bartender. Even there are soda machines, refilled, according to the owners, with authentic lemonade, which they buy in Chernogolovka (it seems). True, this is still not a cafe, although there you can buy tea / coffee / cookies / milkshake. But if they expand the range of beverages and products, then you should get a full-fledged boom institution.

Inamo (UK)

Address: 134-136 Wardour St, London W1F 8ZP, United Kingdom



This cafe uses a very interesting system of ordering dishes. Above each table is a projector and a camera that recognizes gestures. Visitors can browse through the menu displayed directly on the surface of the table and plates. Here you can immediately see large photos, price and description. And both visitors can work with this virtual menu at the same time.

8bit cafe (Japan)

Address: Japan, 〒160-0022 Tokyo, Shinjuku, 3−8−9, 新宿 Q ビ ル 5F



A simple institution, the main "chip" of which is a very large collection of 8-and 16-bit games for old set-top boxes. Naturally, in all this splendor, you can immediately play.





And these are components of the local Dr.Mario cocktail. To be honest, it looks scary.



That's all. If you know in your city some cafe with an interior for real geeks, write about it in the comments.

Little announcement: we are also planning to make a similar review of coworking. After all, not everyone likes to work in cafes and parks, and for the group this is not an option at all. Follow our publications.