Working at home, not working in café

Yes, but are you using Blokada Plus? Are you connected to one of the VPN locations?
Some public WiFi’s only allow certain ports, where that could be a reason why it would be failing like this.

Other reasons may be if they use some kind of transparent proxy that requires you to use their own DNS, it’s hard to find a work around without having access to the network. I’d suggest trying other WiFi’s as well to see if the problem persists or if it’s only this particular café/bakery.

Not enabling Blokada Plus on a public network leaves you open for eavesdropping or traffic hijack attempts