Lots of coffee shops have banned use of laptops over concerns that people would take up precious table real estate for hours with the purchase of one measly coffee. Some don’t even have an internet connection (as this writer learned the hard way at The Wyndown). But as Washington City Paper reported earlier this week, A Baked Joint posted a sign in its window that appeared to ban both computers and study material from its tables.

The operations director K Street restaurant told WCP initially, “We’re not going to put up signs or kick anyone out on a weekday, necessarily. But ideally, we’d like for it to be accepted and known that this is a place to eat, a place to drink, a place to gather.”

Many customers were not pleased.

Celebrity Chef Jose Andres even chimed in, offering to pay for lunch at Beefsteak, his fast casual vegetable restaurant, to anyone who had video of themselves getting kicked out of A Baked Joint for studying.

Now, there’s a new sign in the window at A Baked Joint.

It clarifies that the restaurant never meant to permanently ban either laptops or study materials—not even on busy Saturdays and Sundays. It’s more about where in A Baked Joint that working customers set up shop. “Our request is that laptops and study material not be used dining tables during the weekends,” the sign says.

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