Surfer coffee house

My fiance and I are in the works to starting a coffee house with his father. We are still trying to determine what our customers would like. We don't want to be a Dunkin Donuts, nor do we want to be a Starbucks. Neither give the opportunity to befriend others in your neighborhood. We want a place to become friends with the customers and for our customers to become friends with eachother. We want an open atmosphere where an older man could sit down and talk with a few teens about politics, how life is and was...where anyone is free. Since the location will be across from the beach we will have a vintage surf feel for the place. The music people will hear could be from Bob Marley to Jack Johnson to Beach Boys to Jason Mraz. We hope that the furniture will also be focused in this category with tables made from old surfboards. Other than coffee, pastries, smoothies (made from local grown fruits), teas (hot and cold), soft-serve ice cream, and possibly gelato will be served. There are 2 possible locations though. They are in the same plaza right infront of a highschool and middle school. One is located on the very end corner with the availability for customers to sit outside and smoke if they choose...but that location would have to be sectioned off since it is part of a large add on to the plaza. The next closest store would be about 100ft, and it's Publix. The other location is next to a movie theatre and surf clothing store and is a recent closed down karate store. Unlike the other location it doesn't offer an outdoor seating area for smokers. Since it is an old karate place, the flooring needs to be removed, a kitchen will need to be added as well and cleaner new bathrooms, one wall has a giant mirror on it, the ceiling needs new grids, and there is a large japanese shinto shrine inside. So it needs major repairs.

I really don't know which of the two is a better choice.

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