Tag: Cafés

London’s First Board Game Café: Draughts

Sip a coffee or pint and get lost in over 500 games

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London is full of old railway arches, most of which were traditionally used for storage, but lately many of them have become homes to restaurants, cafés, bakeries and bars. The latest addition to the arches below the East London Overground railway in Haggerston is Draughts, London’s first board game café. For £5 guests get to stay as long as they want and play the games …

Plan BEY Kicks Off a Creative Empire in Beirut

One team builds a cluster of imaginative new establishments in a rising neighborhood

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by Caroline Kinneberg Beirut is a city defined by its contrasts and constant evolution. One neighborhood where this becomes most apparent is Mar Mikhael. Previously a jumble of car repair shops, the area now overflows with trendy restaurants and bars. In December 2010 local entrepreneur Tony Sfeir opened something different. Plan BEY—referencing the three-letter code for Beirut’s international airport—sells paper goods produced in the store’s …