What is the best coffee shop chain to work or study in?

Outlets, refills, and whether anyone minds you staying four hours. Most of these were designed for the opposite of that.

1. 1
   Starbucks

   Built its brand on being the place between home and work, and the outlets are where the laptops go.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Peet's Coffee

   Quieter rooms than the big chain, and usually a free table when the other one has none.
   563pts
3. 3
   Independent local cafe

   The one with the handwritten wifi password and a two-hour limit on the door.
   472pts
4. 4
   Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

   A California fixture with patios that work for half the year and all of it in Los Angeles.
   472pts
5. 5
   Le Pain Quotidien

   Communal farm tables that seat strangers together, which either helps or ends the session.
   352pts
6. 6
   Scooter's Coffee

   A Midwest kiosk chain built around the car window, with seating as an afterthought.
   278pts
7. 7
   Dutch Bros

   Mostly a walk-up window and a drive-thru — there is often nowhere to sit at all.
   278pts
8. 8
   Caribou Coffee

   Fireplaces and armchairs, a lodge aesthetic that was designed for sitting still.
   278pts
9. 9
   Dunkin'

   Designed for people leaving, not staying — a counter, a few stools, and a line behind you.
   189pts
10. 10
    Pret A Manger

    A lunch counter that added seats, best before noon and impossible after it.
    189pts
11. 11
    Blue Bottle Coffee

    Minimal rooms with deliberately few outlets, because the point is the cup, not the session.
    189pts
12. 12
    Tim Hortons

    Canada's community table, with a crowd that turns over faster than any study session survives.
    189pts