Workshop Cafe in SF does it by the hour, seems to work pretty well. You get 10 hours free to start, it's worth your time to stop by for those hours at least.
Workshop Cafe is one of my favorite places to work in SF. You don't feel like a cafe squatter since you pay for your seat, and its always nice working around like-minded individuals. Plus there are so many outlets... http://workshopcafe.com/
I just spent a few hours there. It was pretty much at capacity the whole time. Cool to see it succeeding such a short time after opening. Though for me personally I can't say the environment there's ever been particularly conducive to meeting any of the supposedly like-minded individuals staring at their screens next to you.
They've actually just started adding social features to the app. It's all opt-in, but if you want you can share who you are, what you're working on, and where you're sitting when you check in. You can tell it is really just their first step in encouraging that kind of thing. Such a great place to work.
Developer for Workshop Café here. The recently-released social features (Community Page) are definitely just the MVP. Would love to know what you think. We're going to see how people use it and add stuff we think is helpful. We've already noticed people putting their contact info and links to their personal pages, projects, etc. Hope it catches on!
Oh tight. I hadn't even noticed the feature, because I just use the app to check in and out. Would love to have more first-class 'desktop' web support, since once I'm sitting there already using my laptop I don't want to have to keep whipping out my phone to do things.
But it's totally awesome to have the capability to check out who's there. I hope it goes a long way toward fostering a community there and helping people make useful contacts.
You can currently use the app on your desktop browser using the same url (https://app.workshopcafe.com) and get the same feature set as you get on your phone (Except for things that require a phone like calling or texting in orders). No need to switch from your laptop!
Developer for Workshop Café here. Thanks for the mention!
If you or anyone else reading this stops by you'll probably see me on the Community Page (under the name "Newton") as I'm in the café often. You can see where I'm sitting so you can come introduce yourself!
