Escape from the daily grind through music or poetry readings at neighborhood coffee shops. Here, entertainment often provides a backdrop that leads to sundry conversation. An open-mic poetry night provides a casual forum for writers to share their work. Or a Bluegrass Band performs while patrons soak up the local flavor-- one coffee house even encourages regulars to grab a drum and create music alongside the band. Whether customers are on the stage or part of the crowd, java huts have traditionally been community gathering places where intellect and creativity merge with great coffee.

Resources:

Listings of coffee shops in Naples.  The site includes the addresses and phone numbers.

 

Listings of coffee shops in Florida. The site includes several towns in Southwest

Florida and provides the coffee shop name, address, and phone number.

 

 

• What are the benefits of going to a coffee house for coffee or entertainment versus just staying at home?

• Do you know of a great coffee house in your neighborhood? If so, what makes that place unique?

• If you have participated in any of the open-mic sessions at a coffee house, then what suggestion could you give a beginner about sharing their writing or a piece of music?