Editing Internet café (section)

===United States===
Reputedly, the first [[kosher]] cybercafe was the [[IDT Cafe]] in New York City's diamond district, opened in the spring of 1997.<ref name=chen>{{cite news |url= http://www.stolaf.edu/people/leming/soc265rel/news/Feb_20.html |title= First, there was the cybercafe. Now, the kosher cybercafe |last1= Chen |first1= David W. |newspaper= [[The New York Times]] |location= New York |date= February 20, 1997 |access-date= 20 June 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120824160058/http://www.stolaf.edu/people/leming/soc265rel/news/Feb_20.html |archive-date= 24 August 2012 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=foodtimeline>{{cite web |url= http://www.foodtimeline.org/internet.html |title= Food Timeline, Food & the Internet |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 28 May 2013 |access-date=20 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19970216&id=5MNNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3648,149048 |newspaper=[[Ocala Star-Banner]] |date=February 16, 1997 |title=Kosher cafe makes itself into a cybercafe |access-date=June 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name=KosherCybercafe>{{cite web |url=http://news2.nnyln.net/plattsburgh-press-republican/plattsburgh-press-republican-1997-march/plattsburgh-press-republican-1997-march%20-%200597.pdf |title=Kosher cybercafe |first1=Beth |last1=Gardiner |date=March 23, 1997 |access-date=June 21, 2013 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/13/nyregion/megabite-anyone-this-cybercafe-is-kosher.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes |title=Food Megabite, Anyone? This Cybercafe Is Kosher |first1=David W. |last1=Chen |date=February 13, 1997 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York|access-date=21 June 2013}}</ref>

Internet cafés were prevalent in the 1990s but began to decline in popularity due to the expansion of home-based email and broadband internet access points, as well as the later deployment of [[Wi-Fi]] and [[smartphone]]s. As of 2022, [[LAN gaming center]]s can be found in metropolitan areas in the United States. Gaming centers are not as popular in the U.S. compared to East Asia. Like those in Asia, gaming centers typically offer Internet access, food, and drinks.