There is a convenience store that has a similar logo to 7-Eleven however, in the game, it has an "8" instead of a "7".
This is a reference to Children of the Corn, when Malakai is playing pinball.
Inside the cafe is a Medieval Madness Pinball machine.
There is a Portishead poster in the cafe.
The poster was made when he was in college and was put into the college newspaper to "inspire" the students to study.
In Cafe 5to2, two posters on either side of the pinball machine say "Study Dammit!".
To evade the Puppet Cybil Bennett battle, the player can use the Aglaophotis on a Larval Stalker anywhere in the park before entering the carousel through a glitch.