Tried working from a brewery instead of a coffee shop last week

I hit up a local brewery in Portland with my laptop thinking it'd be a fun change, but the WiFi was so slow I couldn't even load my project dashboard. Had to pack up after 20 minutes and walk to a Starbucks down the street. Has anyone else found a decent bar or brewery with reliable internet for working?

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michael69324d ago

Is it really that serious though? You're trying to get work done at a brewery, not run a Fortune 500 company from there. Maybe just accept that some places are for drinking and some are for working.

harper_murphy24d ago

Disagree completely. A brewery during the day is just a coffee shop that happens to sell beer. If they have WiFi, tables, and power outlets, they're marketing themselves as a workspace. Places like that want your money, whether you're buying a latte or a hazy IPA. And the people who complain about laptops are usually the ones who show up at 2 PM on a Tuesday expecting a quiet pub atmosphere. That's not how mixed-use spaces work. You share the room with people doing different things. If a brewery didn't want remote workers, they'd kill the WiFi and remove the outlets. Simple as that.