Thanks for telling your experience. It makes readers go hopeful.
You say you scanned a code, so do you have a mobile wallet?
Ya i'm using Blockchain mobile wallet. I know some people hate them because of their XT support but they have this nifty GPS feature the shows me local stores that accept bitcoin. None around my apartment in Brooklyn but in Manhattan there is a ton of bars and restaurants I can go to. I like it better then the coinbase wallet I was using.
Arguably, they aren't always 100% accurate. They can be wrong about this, some places place the "Bitcoin accepted here" tag but do not actually accept them. Most hate it for the security issues that has arose in the past and not because of their XT support. I believe there are plenty of apps which allow users to search for Bitcoin accepted buisnesses.