The local IKEA is actually not a bad place to sit for a couple of hours and get some work done if, like me, you work better with consumer 'white noise.' I don't do it often, but 2-3 times/year I'll stop in if I need to do some shopping, and then buy a soft drink and a dessert or some meatballs and sit with my notebook and work.

The only thing I hate are the little drink glasses. I lose momentum if I have to keep on getting up for a refill. I wish they were at least 16 oz.