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December 4, 2006 1:18 PM

Help me find places to hang out and do homework\read near Tempe, Arizona.

If I stay at home to do homework, I tend to get distracted (*Cough*AskMeFi) and get nothing done, but the library is sad and depressing, so I like to go out to coffee shops (particularly Xtreme Bean). Problem is, sometimes I don't want coffee, sometimes I want food, or drink. So what are my options?

Some criteria:
* It's nice if I don't look entirely out of place (though slightly is okay)
* Quietness is not important
* Well-lit is definitely a bonus

But really, I'll try anything. Just to clarify, I'm looking for recommendations of specific places.

posted by !Jim to food & drink (1 comment total)

Since you'd be in Tempe, ANY restaurant would work. They're used to college kids doing just that - reading/doing homework, snacking, etc.

IHOP, Gordon Biersch (goat cheese and hummus salad . . . mmmm . . . ), there's the little cafe located in the Gentle Strength Co-Op on the corner of Ash and Mill, the list is endless.

Or pack yourself a little sack lunch and hang out in a park or on campus - they have various little sitting areas around campus that have water features or trees or just niceness.
posted by Sassyfras at 1:55 PM on December 4, 2006