Adults forge friendships while playing D&D at There and Back Cafe

People filter into There and Back Cafe after a long day of work and are greeted with noise as soon as they open the door.There’s the typical clink of cups and utensils. However, there’s also the dragging of chairs next to long wooden tables, the roll of plastic dice and the scribbling of pencil on paper.Laughter from adults can be heard even in the farthest corners of the cafe. The groups have set aside their worries and are having fun together although they just met each other that very evening.There and Back Cafe owners Ross and Heidi Rojek, who also own Capital Books on K Street, have created a space where people can spin fantastical stories and, most importantly, forge new friendships.“The idea is that anybody can come in here and play a game and probably find somebody,” Ross Rojek says. “If you’re bored and you set out your chess set, somebody’s going to come up and ask if you want me to play.”There and Back Cafe, which opened on 11th Street in Downtown Sacramento in February 2022, not only sells sweet treats, but provides an array of card and board games that people can play. The cafe also allows...