Coffeehouses [ Institutions / Food & Drink venues ]
… a complementary sociable institution. Places > Institutions Places > Food & Drink venues Keywords Coffeehouses Drinking Public sphere Politics Coffeehouses were key centres of sociability in eighteenth-century Britain. They played an … entitled The Vertue of the Coffee Drink (c.1652), in which he claimed credit for being the first person to sell coffee publicly in England. By 1656, James Farr, had established the Rainbow Coffeehouse in competition with Rosee and soon … art works, and real estate were held in coffeehouses. Many professionals used coffeehouses as a surrogate office for meeting with clients and for conducting business. The insurance industry developed in coffeehouses such as Lloyd’s, a …
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