Possible locations

Requirements

Requirements for a good nerdcurious salon location.

• circular table, circular chair configuration.
• food, drinks
• internet/wifi, at least for most topics and for hands on exercises
• hangout friendly as opposed to turnover pressure
• warm, not cold
• conversation friendly, not loud
• financially accessible
• age accessibility (i.e. bars that requires 21+ are suboptimal)

Nice to have

• Easy access to transit

Excellent locations

• Coffee To The People, wifi, food
  • nerdcurious salons held here: JustWikiIt

Good locations

• e-Storm International - San Francisco Office
  • Pluses: wifi, its Daniel's office, private, projector (by 2007), "free" drinks
  • Minuses: no food (except pringles), can sometime be stuffy on weekends, conference room seats ~14

• Crepes on Cole
  • plusses: roundtable
  • minuses: no internet
• Squat & Gobble haight, roundtable, some internet
• Muddy Waters (mission, or church), wifi inconsistent
• Starbucks at 17th & Mariposa, pay wifi
• Cafe La Onda
• Lingba lounge in potrero, across from
• Levende lounge, on a night without someone cranking the tunes
• 21st Amendment, wifi (but no round tables, upstairs can work)
• Pauline's near Zeitgeist, they have a private room (I second Pauline's because their food is heavenly - tanya.)
• Higher Grounds
• Ritual Roasters - Hey, Wired referred to it as Cafe 2.0-tanya.
  • plusses: internet, coffee, lighting, power outlets, open late
  • minuses: often very crowded, challenging to find seats together
• Canvas Cafe
  • plusses: internet, lots of space, food, coffee
  • minuses: often crowded, hard to get enough seats together
• Cafe Grillades
  • plusses: free wi-fi, coffee, food, not too crowded, close to MUNI and Citizen Cupcake
  • minuses: in Hayes Valley=no parking, no BART

Rejected locations

• Zeitgeist, too cold, loud
• 111 Minna, no food, too loud
• Bliss bar, back room, too dark, 21+ only