This is an interesting concept because it's actually quite old. While traveling through the north of Holland playing shows we happened to play in a centuries-o

This is an interesting concept because it's actually quite old. While traveling through the north of Holland playing shows we happened to play in a centuries-old historic public living room in a tiny township in the middle of nowhere. The place had been a home, but the occupants of the home historically (whomever they were) would open their living room most every day to travelers and neighbors, and serve small-fare food and drinks. The modern owners continue the tradition, and host house concerts occasionally. It makes sense: it's a sparsely populated location. You could have called it a "cafe" and converted it, and maybe made a little extra money, but so much of the social aspect would be gone. The place actually adds more value to the community as a community living room than it would as a diner. Edit: the place was also interesting in that it had the original "bedsteads" or box beds (example: [1]). These open (and latched!) from the outside: parents would basically lock their kids in these boxes overnight. [1] https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/39/70/04/3970041ae87e76aa981ce1ceba4d6bd8.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/39/70/04/3970041ae...