Laundry + Internet, does it exist?

[viellen]

It didn't surprise me when I woke up this morning to find that the one washer and dryer in our four family house is occupied. This, however, does not help when I have only one day to get three or four loads done. I'm turning to you, teh awesome davis_square community, for advice.

Is there a laundry mat in Davis, Union, Winter Hill, or anything relatively close to those areas that also has free/cheap wireless or a laundry mat that is next to a coffee shop/restaurant/shop of some kind where I can sit that has wireless? For the subjective question of the day, do you think I'll have a chance in hell of getting machines there on a Saturday afternoon?

Much thanks!

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[tarkap.livejournal.com]

Teele Square (up Holland St from Davis) has a laundromat, and I can't be 100% certain as I don't use it, but I think it said it has wireless. There's also a cafe next to it called i-Cafe. The cafe is a little weird since it's in a basement and doesn't have any windows, but I think they have free wireless. There's another cafe too, Soleil cafe, but their hours aren't that long so I don't know much about it.

The laundromat seems to have good reviews on Yelp:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/rPJyBjC6CQBPXrgTd8l9Ng

Stay away from Kee Kar Laui chinese food though. It's bad.

[viellen]

Awesome. Thanks for the recommendation--and the chinese food warning. :)

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

I-Cafe has good food and free wireless - if they're open (hours are not always as posted). Soleil Cafe is open until 4, and has paid wireless, but you can usually (*cough*) pick up a free signal from somewhere.

If the laundromat right in Teele is really packed, you can go a couple blocks up Broadway towards Arlington and use Kirkland Cleaners (formerly Clarendon Laundromat). No wireless, but a 5 minute walk to Soleil Cafe, and usually pretty quiet on a beautiful day.

[tarkap.livejournal.com]

Upon further checking, there seems to be two laundromats that say they're in Teele Square, but one is actually a couple blocks away. The Yelp link goes to the one at 1244 Broadway, which dosn't have much next to it, and I'm not sure if they have wireless.

There's another one at 1144 Broadway, and this is the one that's directly at the Teele Square intersection. It has i-Cafe and Soleil Cafe next to it.

[rhean.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there are better options than this, but this is what I pass on my commute so what I know about :) On Somerville Ave, by the Elm St intersection, there's a laundromat and a Starbucks in the same complex.

[watchamacallit.livejournal.com]

Problem there is the (free) dryers only go for 8 minutes at a time so you really can't leave the laundromat while drying. It's annoying as hell.

[ohohiloveyou.livejournal.com]

also, starbucks charges for internet.

[modlin.livejournal.com]

I've never been there, but The Clothesline Laundromat (http://www.yelp.com/biz/cIuNYxnJTZ3Q5DjFTnLNOg) on Boston Ave has free wi-fi.

[joifulgurl.livejournal.com]

i love this laundromat - the folks who work there are really nice.

[skexy.livejournal.com]

the laundramat in ball square is right across and a block off from True grounds with free wireless

[lidiya6.livejournal.com]

there is a laundromat and coffeeshop next to one another on Beacon St. near porter sq. I don't know about wireless.

[ron_newman]

Grand Prix Cafe, on Mass. Ave. between Day and Dover streets, has free wireless and is across the street from a laundromat.