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Re:It's not just you – no one is posting on social media any... by ahartmetz on Friday September 01, 2023 @02:42AM (#37347589)
The library, the café or the debate club maybe.

The café was the first pub-like place where people did mostly not drink alcohol. Reportedly, it was an inportant place for the enlightenment period of history. Let's not oversell HN here, though...

Re:It's not just you – no one is posting on social media any... by OfSanguineFire on Friday September 01, 2023 @11:31AM (#37352103)
Central European cafes sell spirits, too. A cognac makes a fine accompaniment to a coffee. It is foreign franchise coffee places like Starbucks don't sell alcohol at all, and that is a major part of why they feel so foreign.
Re:It's not just you – no one is posting on social media any... by ahartmetz on Friday September 01, 2023 @05:48PM (#37356513)
They do, but the general atmosphere is far less boozy anyway.

Some years ago, a friend introduced me to caffè corretto - espresso with grappa. Pretty good stuff, too.