Every room, checked.

Opens at four in the afternoon and closes when the last table leaves.

A department-store floor with its own roaster and a surprisingly good bench.

A basement room by the south exit, tiled, loud, and open until midnight.

Open only on Sundays, in a church hall, run by three volunteers.

A corner shop that empties and fills with whatever is on at the arena.

Up three flights, under the roof, hot in summer and perfect in winter.

A counter through a back gate in a university wall, open only when term is in session.

A walled courtyard with six tables, a lemon tree, and no indoor seats.

A hillside house above a lake, reachable by a bus that runs four times a day.