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August 10, 2009
Unclear on the Concept: 15th Ave. Coffee's "Pour-Over"
This weekend, I stopped in again at 15th-Ave.-Coffee-and-Tea-inspired-by-Starbucks, where you can request your drip coffee be made the regular way, with a Clover, or with a "pour-over" filter. The last time I visited, I was underwhelmed by the baristas' Clover skills -- if you really want to ... More >>
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August 28, 2009
Blog Leaks Internal Starbucks Memo Re: Roy St. Coffee
The Capitol Hill Blog gets a hold of a Starbucks memo describing the new "neighborhood" cafe that the corporation is plotting to open just off Broadway (the model is increasingly being described outside corporate circles as "stealth Starbucks," and that's the last set of semi-ironic quotes th ... More >>
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October 13, 2009
Carly Simon's So Humble: How Could I Possibly Sell a Record Without Starbucks
And, since she doesn't think she got enough help from Uncle Howie and friends promoting her album (on Starbucks' Hear Music label, a venture they've since ditched) she's suing, and shows no signs of being willing to take a lifetime supply of cafe lattes for her troubles. In addition to not pr ... More >>
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November 13, 2009
Howard Schultz, Would You Like Us to Have Fries With Our Order?
Here's a thought: Make Starbucks "partners" wear clown attire. That won't scare away customers, will it?"McDonald's made us better." That's what Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz told a business conference in Palm Springs, California yesterday, as reported by Reuters via the NYT. He didn't specify ... More >>
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November 18, 2009
Howard Schultz Encourages Holiday Spending With Guilt & Bono
"Bono, could I interest you in some Via?"You damn doves get off my computer screen! Banner ads on the Web are sending white birds flapping across our monitors to promote Starbucks' new Love Project. It's a co-venture with anti-AIDS charity (Red), which earmarks a portion of a customer's purch ... More >>
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December 11, 2009
Reader: A Free Life Without Coffee Isn't Really Free
"Give me liberty or...ya know, a good capuccino. Whichever."Reader Kirzen responds to Lawyer Uses "Starbucks Defense" for Client Who Ran Over Two Washington State Students. "Judge: 'Client is convicted of X and sentenced to two years of probation during which he must remain clean and sober o ... More >>
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January 25, 2010
Starbucks no Longer on Medical Marijuana Advocates' "Naughty" List
SAFER head Mason Tvert says you're now free to enjoy your caramel macchiato.Last week, SAFER, a Colorado-based medical marijuana advocacy group, called for a national boycott of Starbucks after the coffee roaster's logo showed up on website of a group that opposes drug reforms. Not much is k ... More >>
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January 26, 2010
Q&A: Why Matt Bishop and Hey Marseilles Love Starbucks Far More Than They'll Ever Admit
Hey Marseilles, featuring Matt Bishop, right, plays The Crocodile on Saturday, Jan. 30, with Loch Lomond.Seattle band Hey Marseilles has been described a number of ways - cabaret pop, lit rock, and "Lil' Decemberists" (mine) are among my favorites -- but "Starbucks rock" isn't a tile that wou ... More >>
Music
January 27, 2010
Q&A: What It Means When Starbucks Taps Your Band
Matt Bishop and Hey Marseilles love the big green giant far more than they'll ever admit.
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February 18, 2010
Starbucks in Classy Co-Venture With Burger King
Meet Howard Schultz's new friend.Would you like fries with that? No,we're not kidding. You'll now be able to get French fries, bacon cheeseburgers, and all manner of artery-clogging junk food with your next Starbucks-generated drip coffee. Only not in an actual SBUX store. Nor will it actuall ... More >>
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March 1, 2010
How Starbucks Is Preparing to Fatten Up Customers This Spring
The green mermaid doesn't care how you look in a swimsuit.Warm weather means cold drinks. And at Starbucks, the iced mochas and frappuccinos have traditionally come in four sizes: Short, Tall, Grande, and Venti. The beauty to confusing customers with non-specific sizes, coupled with a foreign ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
Batmobile Spotted at Florida Starbucks
J. Ming Zhu"Caption this, Batman!"Thanks to an eagle-eyed reader of our much-tanner sister paper, OC Weekly, coffee lovers at a Boca Raton (the reader must have been vacationing in Florida) Starbucks were recently treated to a visit from the Batmobile. I don't know who was driving the Batmob ... More >>
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May 5, 2010
Starbucks Suit Raises Question: How Hot is "Unreasonably Hot" For Tea?
If Starbucks is serving this delicate tea with boiling water, it deserves a lawsuit in the name of good taste.This morning, Caleb brought us the story of Zeynep Inanli, who bought a hot tea at a Manhattan Starbucks then claimed she suffered second-degree burns as a result of the tea being "un ... More >>
News
May 12, 2010
Heat Index
A lawsuit against Starbucks raises the question: What is an "unreasonable" temperature for tea?
Blogs
June 23, 2010
Starbucks' Decision to Allow Guns in Coffee Shops Getting Shot Down, Says Brady Center
More than 35,000 have now signed the Brady Center's petition urging Starbucks to ban guns in its coffee stores. Additionally, a wide-ranging Brady poll taken after Howard Schultz chose to let customers openly wear guns in his stores (while barring employees from doing so because it could be ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
Starbucks Abandons Its Experiment in Coffeeshop Stealth Technology
Starbucks' new business plan: expanding into the 4th dimension As reported today (twice!) in the Seattle Times, it looks as though Starbucks is abandoning its attempt at convincing people that they're not really hanging out at a Starbucks. Last year, in a weird attempt at counter-marketing- ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
Starbucks Rolls Out Free Wifi Today in US and Canada
Starbucks has always had many novel ways of suctioning the money straight out of your wallet. There's the coffee to start. The snacks. The Starbucks-approved book and CD sales. And for years, the shops operated under a series of different complicated pay schemes for those who wanted to use th ... More >>
Music
September 1, 2010
Bumbershoot Monday: Picks and Notes Featuring Drake, Bacon, Meat Puppets, and More
Starbucks has always had many novel ways of suctioning the money straight out of your wallet. There's the coffee to start. The snacks. The Starbucks-approved book and CD sales. And for years, the shops operated under a series of different complicated pay schemes for those who wanted to use th ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Starbucks Is Evil Because of One Jerky Starbucks Employee?
There was a tornado in Brooklyn yesterday. Witnesses in hipsterdom's Mecca say the twister started off cool but got lame once everyone else heard about it. (Rimshot?) Anyway, the point is that all that wind and rain allowed Gawker to run with this ridiculous headline: "Did Starbucks Leave Its ... More >>
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November 5, 2010
Starbucks, Kraft Foods Break Up--Let The Trash Talking Commence
Yesterday, Starbucks announced it would be breaking off its 12-year relationship with packaged-product distributor Kraft Foods. Too bad. We really thought they'd last. Since then, however, both companies have been engaged in a bit of a press release pissing match, publishing competing stateme ... More >>
News
November 10, 2010
Kraft and Starbucks: A Bad Breakup
And that means lots of incriminating statements on the Internet.
Blogs
November 29, 2010
Starbucks-Kraft Breakup Drama Continues: Now Headed Toward the Courts
Early this month, we reported on the nasty breakup of Starbucks and its former distributor, Kraft Foods, which involved a series of he-said-she-said public statements about how they never loved the other company anyway. Now, it seems that drama is only getting worse, and looks to be headed to ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Starbucks Promises Its New Coffee Doesn't Suck, and Backs Up This Promise With . . . More Starbucks Coffee
Because taking over the world one venti half-caf mochaccino at a time wasn't quite enough, last year local(ish) behemoth Starbucks (favorite coffee of pirates!) rolled out their own brand of instant coffee called Via. Actually, they went to great lengths to explain to everyone how this wasn' ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Starbucks Is Rock 'n' Roll Again! So Says Howard Schultz
Starbucks superstar CEO has been all over the place this week, sweet-talking Katie Couric on The CBS Sunday Morning Show. (Check out the clip on the jump.) And he was on NPR declaring that Starbucks was cool again. Oh Howard! Boobela! Really??! Haven't you heard? There's nothing less cool ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
A Recipe for Those Who Can Barely Boil Water
Photo by Leslie KellyHot dog! The franks from Bavarian Meats are super-snappy.So you can't cook, huh? Well, if you can boil water, you can make this meal that will make you seem like a real wiener. I mean winner. Last Friday was opening day for the Seattle Mariners, and my baseball-loving hu ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Watch Video of Rat Feasting at Vancouver, B.C. Starbucks
Late at night . . . when all the Starbucks customers have gone home to bed . . . the rats come out.
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April 27, 2011
Starbucks Is Now the Third Largest Restaurant Chain in United States
That's not third largest coffee chain, or third largest coffee retailer, mind you. Starbucks is now the third largest restaurant chain in the country.
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May 3, 2011
Cake Pops Now Popping Up in Seattle
It's a cupcake. It's a lollipop. It's both - a little ball of cake dipped in a sweet coating and attached to a stick. A novelty, yes; gimmicky, perhaps; but they are addictively fun. Though still new to Seattle, cake pops are likely to catch on the way French macarons have in the last few years at ... More >>
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May 9, 2011
McDonald's Plan for Success: Become Starbucks
Starbucks recently moved up the mega-restaurant rankings to the third largest restaurant chain in the world, behind Subway at No. 2 and McDonald's at No. 1. This, perhaps, is making the head clowns at Mickey Ds nervous, because from the look of their new marketing and renovation push, the bur ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
This Week in Starbucks Crime
Welcome to TWISC, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 17,000-odd worldwide locations over the past seven days, as well as the week's fallout from prior Starbucks-related misdeeds. In this edition: another toilet-cam is uncovered, a public masturbator arrested, a police-of ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
This Week in Starbucks Crime: Camper Sex, Peeper Suicide, Secret Police, and More!
Welcome back to TWISC, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 17,000-odd worldwide locations over the past seven days, as well as the week's fallout from prior Starbucks-related misdeeds. This was a busy week for Starbucks crime, so we'll jump right in with a sad update from ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
This Week in Starbucks Crime: Stalkers, Till Lungers, and a Cup of Scalding Water Straight Down Your Blouse!
Welcome back to another exciting installment of This Week in Starbucks Crime, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 17,000-odd worldwide locations over the past seven days, as well as the week's fallout from prior Starbucks-related misdeeds. Let's get to it, shall we?
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July 1, 2011
This Week in Starbucks Crime: Bestiality, Mistaken Identity, and Masturbation Songs!
Welcome back to another exciting installment of This Week in Starbucks Crime, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 16,000-odd worldwide locations over the past seven days, as well as the week's fallout from prior Starbucks-related misdeeds. Without further ado, let's get t ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
This Week in Starbucks Crime: The Patriotic Thief!
Welcome back to another exciting installment of This Week in Starbucks Crime, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 16,000-odd worldwide locations over the past seven days, as well as the week's fallout from prior Starbucks-related misdeeds. The slowness of this news week ( ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
This Week in Starbucks Crime: Luxuriant Thieves, the Starbucks Aggrieved, and a Fearsome Competitor!
Welcome back to another exciting installment of This Week in Starbucks Crime, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 16,000-odd worldwide locations over the past seven days, as well as the week's fallout from prior Starbucks-related misdeeds. This week, Starbucks criminals h ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
This Week in Starbucks Crime: A Son's Guilt
Welcome back to another installment of This Week in Starbucks Crime, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 16,000-odd worldwide locations over the past seven days, as well as the week's fallout from prior Starbucks-related misdeeds. This is a light news week, so let's jump ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
This Week in Starbucks Crime: Toiletcam in Hartford Captures Penises; Cops in Seattle Capture Robber!
Welcome back to another exciting installment of This Week in Starbucks Crime, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 16,000-odd worldwide locations over the past seven days, as well as the week's fallout from prior Starbucks-related misdeeds. This week we visit with a penis- ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
This Week in Starbucks Crime: Putz Who Uncovered Toiletcam Displays Excess Chutzpah
Welcome back to another exciting installment of This Week in Starbucks Crime, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 16,000-odd worldwide locations over the past seven days, as well as the week's fallout from prior Starbucks-related misdeeds. This week, the man who uncovered ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
This Week in Starbucks Crime: Frappuchino Dream Ends in Uncle's Murder Conviction
Welcome back to another exciting installment of This Week in Starbucks Crime, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 16,000-odd worldwide locations over the past seven days, as well as the week's fallout from prior Starbucks-related misdeeds. This week, we do our best to hel ... More >>
Music
August 31, 2011
Bumbershoot Guide: Monday
From Big Boi to Lemolo.
Music
August 31, 2011
Bumbershoot Guide: Saturday
From Bright Futures to Mavis Staples.
Blogs
September 6, 2011
The Holey Shit Airport Delay Solution: Starbucks
The Place: Starbucks, Main Terminal, SeaTac Airport. The Hole: One cinnamon twist the size of a child's femur and a bagel with a spattering of asiago cheese and a cup of Philadelphia cream cheese. The Shit: There are few things more frustrating than arriving at the airport just in time to d ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
This Week in Starbucks Crime: Bomb Scares, Smooth Burglars, and Drunken Hockey Heroes!
Welcome back to another exciting installment of This Week in Starbucks Crime, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 16,000-odd worldwide locations over the past seven days, as well as the week's fallout from prior Starbucks-related misdeeds. After a week free from any disce ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
New York Man Thinks He Can Sue Starbucks for Asking Him to Leave After Three Hours on Laptop
Despite what you may or may not have heard, coffee shops are under no obligation to let people camp there for multiple hours, working on their laptops. This may come as news to a certain man from New York City who thinks the law provides recourse for people who are mildly inconvenienced by a ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
This Week in Starbucks Crime: A Baby Scalded and a $4.4 Million Toiletcam Lawsuit!
Dedicated readers of This Week in Starbucks Crime will note that the column has of late had more of a fortnightly than a weekly sensibility. First off, thanks for noticing! Second, let us assure you that this is due not to any waning interest on our part in Starbucks crime. Our dedication to ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Mister PeePee, Twitter Perv, Embarks on Mission to Masturbate in Every NYC Starbucks
Setting goals in life is important. I mean if you're going to masturbate in one New York City Starbucks bathroom, why not try to masturbate in all New York City Starbucks bathrooms?
News
November 2, 2011
Starbucks Turf War?
Is coffee at the center of a motorcycle gang rivalry?
Blogs
November 14, 2011
Starbucks Forced to Stop Charging Fee It Never Told Anyone About
The problem with Starbucks charging a $1.50 "service fee" on any bag of coffee beans under a pound wasn't that the company was charging the fee. The problem was that no one was telling customers about it.
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December 19, 2011
The Croc's Putting a Stage In Its Bar, Neumos Is Putting One In the Basement, and There's a Starbucks Going Into the Bathroom of an Existing Starbucks
Laura MusselmanLet's back up just for a second. There was a great story in the Seattle Times a couple weeks ago about club owner and bookers reacting to the popularity of the Neptune's new role as a live music venue in town, and how it's gonna make their jobs more difficult. Many of the comm ... More >>
News
February 1, 2012
Howard Schultz's Broken Promise
How Starbucks' campaign cash is making its CEO look bad.
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