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At Shiru Cafe in Providence, R.I., students "pay" for coffee, but not with money. Chaiel Schaffel/Rhode Island Public Radio hide caption

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe remains a wildly diverse venue influenced by its mostly Puerto Rican founders who claimed it as a site of artistry and resistance in 1973. Courtesy of Nuyorican Poets Cafe hide caption

The Golden Girls: Betty White as Rose Nylund, Bea Arthur as Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak, and Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux. Much of the memorabilia that McClanahan left behind — from the show and the rest of her career is on display at Rue La Rue Cafe in Manhattan. Ron Tom/NBC/Getty Images hide caption