There are several science cafes here in Florida that have been operating for years. But the media appears to just now be catching on. The Orlando Sentinel has an article on them online this morning: Eat, drink and learn in leisure at area ‘Science Cafes’
“They come once a month to hear researchers talk about topics such as lasers and marine ecology at a tapas restaurant in College Park. Astrology and embalming at a coffee shop in Daytona Beach. The mystery of time in a Tallahassee saloon. And dinosaurs at a pizza place in Viera.”