On banishing e-readers from cafes

Some Cafes Bar the Door to Kindles and iPads - NYTimes.com: "As for the fancy tech-unfriendly cafes that shut out writers and readers like infidels in Ottoman times, maybe they should just style themselves as restaurants, with tablecloths, silverware and full service. If you have to bus your own table, history teaches, you’re in a cafe — and you can read and write what you want."