With 3 similar bakeries in town, I'd guess that they're all filling
smaller and smaller niches. This latest one is going for the
mother-and-child market. Another might be going for the
student-with-laptop market. The third might be thinking of the
retiree-with-newpaper market.


Also, is it possible that one or all might be making their real money in
wholesale sales to area restaurants? The coffee, retail, and tables
might be there because they satisfy local zoning laws which require
being open to the public as opposed to being exclusively factory
bakeries. The owners may have chosen those locations for economic factors.


Whatever. If you're someone who doesn't care to enjoy your baked
goodies with small children nearby, by all means take your business
somewhere that's not obviously catering to them.


--Lia