Found the same thing on a ranch install a few years back. Customer said every zone was tripping at once, turned out to be a gopher that chewed through the main bundle near the fence line. Now I always sniff around for chew marks before I even open my multimeter, saves a ton of headache.

I saw a piece about this exact thing on a local news blog, how cafes are using time limits to flip tables faster on weekends because brunch is where the real money is. It sucks that places like Urban Bean used to be about hanging out, but now they're basically fast food for coffee. I had a spot in Wicker Park that did the same thing to me last year, and I honestly bounced between three different places for two months before I found one that didn't have a timer. The hardest part is finding a place that doesn't treat you like a customer but like a nuisance if you want to sit with a book for a few hours. Loft & Latte might be a longer ride, but I'd say give it a shot on a weekday first, see how chill it actually is before you commit your Sunday to it. Sometimes the new spot ends up being better because you're forced to try something fresh, but I get that the ritual part is hard to rebuild.