Starbucks

This Starbucks has wooden floors and hard bar stools for chairs. Nowhere do I see any plush couches or armchairs. No signs of comfort and easy sitting. The colors are are dark browns and blacks, while lighting is subdued and posters and decor is in short supply. The center of the aisle contains one bar with bar stools on either side of it. People may sit on both sides, encouraging talking and intimacy. Oh, yeah, let's add to that, password protected bathrooms. What the heck is this world coming to? Starbucks patrons seem to be all college students or older high school students. Nothing wrong with that. Everyone is carrying some kind of messenger bag or book bag--that goes with a glass of water or with some sort of iced drink or Frappuccino. My cappachino wasn't to the standard I am used to. I guess I'm used to the California variety of cappachinos much better. Here, not as much caramel was used and it just didn't taste as good as the California one. And while the inside the Starbucks looks quaint, it's not my style. I'd rather see places to cozy into and drink coffee--this is just too, too, too, I don't know, too much,too hard. This small tiny place is designed to get people in take their money, and get them outside the door. This place is not designed to have people sit and enjoy the coffee there. RECOMMENDATION: So my recommendation is this, if you enjoy taking your coffee and walking or sitting on hard bar stools then this is the place for you. If you enjoy sitting a few minutes in a cozy chair and sipping her coffee down to wake up, this is not place for you.

I'm not a coffee drinker, but this Starbucks has been my chief source of snacks or breakfast for the last five years (except during 2020). Like a lot of people around here I go to work early -- get there between 4 and 6, depending on the day -- and sometimes I need a sandwich or something really badly. They're all great people -- I've had real conversations with several of the baristas and learned several cool and useful things (about other universities, geography, etc.), and more importantly, enjoyed the community/friendship. New thingy: They now have Impossible sandwiches! (And they're good.)