Caffe Mediterraneum , often referred to as Caffe Med or simply the Med, was a coffeehouse located on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California , US, near the University of California, Berkeley . The Med was a landmark of Telegraph Avenue history, "listed for years in European guide books as 'the gathering place for 1960s radicals who created People's Park ' ". and as of 2009 described in Fodor's guide book as "a relic of 1960s-era café culture". It was located at 2475 Telegraph Avenue, between Dwight Way and Haste Street.
12-615: Established as a coffeehouse inside a bookstore in 1956 under the name Il Piccolo by Maxine Chitarin before being renamed in 1957, the Med was "one of the oldest coffeehouses in the Bay Area " and "the oldest coffeehouse in the East Bay ". The cafe's website maintains that, "Lino Meiorin, one of the owners, was the first Italian-trained barista in the Bay Area. Customers were not used to
24-782: A chain , or local independent bookstores . Stores can range in size, offering several hundred to several hundred thousand titles. They may be brick and mortar stores, internet-only stores, or a combination of both. Sizes for the larger bookstores exceed half a million titles. Bookstores often sell other printed matter besides books, such as newspapers , magazines , and maps ; additional product lines may vary enormously, particularly among independent bookstores. Colleges and universities often have bookstores on campus that focus on providing course textbooks and scholarly books and also sell other supplies and logo merchandise. Many on-campus bookstores are owned or operated by large commercial chains such as WHSmith , Blackwell's or Waterstone's in
36-529: A library, and Roman booksellers carried on a flourishing trade. The spread of Christianity naturally created a great demand for copies of the Gospels , other sacred books, and later on for missals and other devotional volumes for both church and private use. The modern system of bookselling dates from soon after the introduction of printing . During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Low Countries, for
48-478: A meeting place for Beat Generation artists, intellectuals, black power advocates, and activists who were taking part in the Free Speech Movement and post-FSM activism. During this era, the Med also played a role in two important pieces of art. Allen Ginsberg was a regular at the Med and probably wrote Howl on the premises of the Med. Although the owner at the time initially refused access to
60-597: A time, became the chief centre of the bookselling world. Modern book selling has changed dramatically with the advent of the Internet. Major websites such as Amazon , eBay , and other big book distributors offer affiliate programs and dominate book sales. Bookstores (called bookshops in the United Kingdom , Ireland , Australia and most of the Commonwealth , apart from Canada ) may be either part of
72-543: Is a list of (No such list!) bookstore chains with brick-and-mortar locations. In the United Kingdom and many parts of the English speaking world, they are known as "Bookshops" and "newsagents". In American English , they are called "bookstores", or sometimes "newsstands", as they also usually carry newspapers and magazines. This list includes both current and defunct businesses, and also includes large independent bookstores that have multiple locations, but that use
84-464: Is the commercial trading of books which is the retail and distribution end of the publishing process. People who engage in bookselling are called booksellers , bookdealers , bookpeople , bookmen , or bookwomen . The founding of libraries in c. 300 BC stimulated the energies of the Athenian booksellers. In Rome , toward the end of the republic , it became the fashion to have
96-678: The Med "took a turn for the worse" as it was "bordering on a homeless shelter". However, with another change in ownership 2006, the Med again became "a destination for activists seeking social change". On November 30, 2016, the Med closed for renovations. As of 2022, the location of the Caffe Mediterraneum has since been converted to Sizzling Lunch, a chain Japanese restaurant. 37°51′56.16″N 122°15′30.3″W / 37.8656000°N 122.258417°W / 37.8656000; -122.258417 Bookselling Bookselling
108-683: The United Kingdom, or Barnes & Noble College Booksellers in the United States. Another common type of bookstore is the used bookstore or second-hand bookshop which buys and sells used and out-of-print books in a variety of conditions . A range of titles are available in used bookstores, including in print and out-of-print books. Book collectors tend to frequent used bookstores. Large online bookstores offer used books for sale, too. Individuals wishing to sell their used books using online bookstores agree to terms outlined by
120-662: The bookstore(s): paying the online bookstore(s) a predetermined commission once the books have sold. In Paris , the Bouquinistes are antiquarian and used booksellers who have had outdoor stalls and boxes along both sides of the Seine for hundreds of years, regulated by law since the 1850s and contributing to the scenic ambiance of the city. Unit sales of print books in the United States were down 2.6 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, but print sales in 2023 were up 10 percent compared to 2019. List of bookstore chains This
132-495: The film crews, a scene in 1967's The Graduate starring Dustin Hoffman was also filmed at a table in the Med, with Telegraph Avenue visible outside the window. Of Telegraph Avenue, "many city officials and merchants say the avenue has lost its vibrancy " since the 1960s, but "until the 1990s, the Med thrived as a center for conversation and caffeine ". Changes in ownership took a toll though, and at that point, employees say
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#1732797924519144-455: The strong flavor of a traditional Italian cappuccino and would ask Lino for more milk. Speaking in Italian, he would tell the barista to put more latte ('milk') in their cup. Finally he thought of putting a larger drink on the menu with the same amount of espresso but more steamed milk, and calling it a latte ." During the 1960s, the Med featured a diverse crowd of patrons , and it became
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