Before seeing the discussions on this forum, I never considered cafes as eligible, because there simply weren’t any in the game apart from just one or two which I didn’t pay much attention to. When finding things to submit, I didn’t evaluate them against criteria, but simply evaluated against what was already in the system, so never thought to submit them.
I just released a (large) handful of submissions and the first one to come back was an acceptance for a cafe, about one hour after uploading it - it was accepted by the community, which means reviewers (in this area at least) are able to accept cafes.
The cafe has 4.8 on google and I linked to its google page in the supporting text.
(It happens not to be a cafe I am likely to go to, because I don’t feel like its target clientele, but that doesn’t stop it being a great place to be social for others.)
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That’s so nice to hear! I quite enjoy submitting cafés and restaurants -a little challenging to get a good picture but I think fun places to highlight especially if they are known for something like a particularly good cake or to encourage people to hang out and play board games
I’ve got a handful of restaurants in the queue as well, all with excellent reviews on google and all submitted on the same basis as a great place to spend time being social with people. None of them come with anything like a particularly good cake or a place for games. I’m waiting to see how those fare.
(I’m surprised by how quickly these come back after being uploaded (unlike what I used to do, these come with full descriptions already entered, instead of placeholders, because they are also being submitted in Ingress where placeholders are effectively impossible). I know the one day’s grace period has been used up already, but didn’t realise ML checked them instantly.)
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Thanks for this.
It’s good to hear that interactions here have helped shape your approach in review and now submitting too. That’s a win win as far as I can see.
A whole new category to submit.
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That’s certainly true for some of them. Cafes don’t look at their best when they are closed, but for the popular ones (which are the only ones I am submitting) that’s just about the only time that photos can be taken. Even if it’s possible to get a photo just of the name or logo without people you in, you have to stand there in-front of people looking a little dodgy 
That’s brilliant 
yes I have also noticed some really fast decisions recently which is lovely
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