Remote Work from Places that Aren't Starbucks or the Library

[Anonymous]

Yes, I know the RTO folks are going to say "cry me a river", but my office closed down recently and there are limits to the amount of time I can functionally work from home without getting distracted.

Obviously, Starbucks is a pretty decent place to spend an hour-hour and a half nursing a beverage while tapping laptop keys, and the library lets you park there even longer, but where else is good?

Specifically looking in a zone roughly in Fairfax City <-> Oakton <-> Fair Oaks <-> Reston, but I would take recommendations for coffee places that aren't just Starbucks and general advice.

[Anonymous]

Fix your house and remove the distractions.

[Anonymous]

I have used libraries at colleges.

[Anonymous]

A desk at a We Work is very cheap...I think the cheapest plans can be like $160/month.

There are also many We Work competitors these days.

[Anonymous]

Get a shed and setup as remote office in your yard or deck?

[Anonymous]

I would do a rotation of various libraries. But in a pinch, I was at Fair Oaks Mall in the middle of the workday the other day (because I was on leave) and it was so dead quiet that I was thinking it would be a nice change of scenery from my home office.

[Anonymous]

For Reston: Check out DeClieu. It is hidden. Also Lake Anne Coffee House. The upstairs is full of people working.

[Anonymous]

I was in the Reston Panera the other day and it was quiet and clean. I've also worked from the cafe/eating area at Whole Foods and that's been nice (I can't remember if they have wifi though - I may have been on my hotspot).

[Anonymous]

How is home distracting but a public restaurant isn't? Please don't take up a table for over an hour, it's so rude.

[Anonymous]

Wegman’s
Whole Foods
George Mason libraries
Foundation Coffee in Fairfax

[Anonymous]

Weird for sure but hospitals have good wifi and places to get away and work. Wouldn't want to do it again but good to know.

[Anonymous]

Caboose at Mosaic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is home distracting but a public restaurant isn't? Please don't take up a table for over an hour, it's so rude.

+1 Seriously. They make it difficult to get a seat at busy places (like Tatte) and then give you death glares for daring to have a conversation over lunch with a friend; meanwhile they’ve finished their one cup of coffee hours ago. So obnoxious

[Anonymous]

The lobby of any nice upscale hotel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The lobby of any nice upscale hotel.

Ugh. Don't do that. WeWork type places are pretty cheap. Not sure why you don't want to go to the library--seems like a good place to be relative to a Starbucks.