u/HancisFriggins_

This one is about Dublin but I'm interested in hearing the Leeds equivalents

"In my search for coffee, I stopped on a side street and saw a blown out looking shop that looked like it had been deserted sometime during one of the race riots of the 60’s. Yet, I saw a man sitting on in front of a plastic table and chairs that looked like they had been pulled out of a dumpster behind Goodwill. He had in front of him what appeared to be a cup of coffee. So I asked, “Is this a coffee shop of some sorts?” He nodded with seriousness.

It was not immediately apparent from the street of course, because the storefront was a fogged glass full of scrapings and markings. But when I opened the door, I saw a cavernous warehouse like room with young white liberals sitting with their laptops on mold infested furniture sitting with $8 cups of coffee."

I'm just curious because the description goes a little beyond the usual chic decay of a Brooklyn-style coffee shop

kind of inspired by these days