Food & Drink Nov 4, 2010 at 4:00 am

Bar Exam

Drinking at the Very First Starbucks to Serve Beer and Wine

Bethany Jean Clement
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"The smell of market research is everywhere."
Best description of Starbucks, EVER. Thank you, BJC! Your review exemplified why I never patronize Mr. Schultz's stinky green corporate monster.
Dingle Berries on November 4, 2010 at 2:29 PM Report this
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wasn't the starbucks in madison park was a 'cafe starbucks' and serve food and booze for a while?
friedchicken on November 4, 2010 at 5:43 PM Report this
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I though it was 15th St. Coffee & Tea next to Smith's that was the first Starbucks to serve alcohol? (it's a stealth Starbucks) That one opened a few years ago.

The next was the one next to the Harvard Exit theater (across from Ada's Books).

Maybe this is the first to actually be called "Starbucks".

Then there's awesome places like Solstice in the u-dist which have always served coffee & beer.
on November 4, 2010 at 5:55 PM Report this
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Stranger writer goes to the new concept Starbucks and writes snarky review.

Predictable and boring; I would almost rather read Mudede’s mess of a tapas review.
danindowntown on November 5, 2010 at 11:44 AM Report this
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Wait. It's corporate policy NOT to encourage tipping at Starbucks? I could've sworn I remember jars full of small bills at many a Starbucks franchise. Am I going senile?
Yoder on November 5, 2010 at 11:45 AM Report this
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no tipping?
Cecil on November 5, 2010 at 11:47 AM Report this
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So, the next question is when are they going to include booze in their drive-thrus?

No one really wants to get drunk in a Starbucks. It's like getting drunk at the gym.
jtuohy on November 5, 2010 at 11:47 AM Report this
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It's "Starbucks'," not "Starbucks's." The freaking spellchecker in the comment section even recognized the mistake.
j.lee on November 5, 2010 at 12:18 PM Report this
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Nope, j.lee, "Starbucks's" is correct according to The Chicago Manual of Style, which our house style is based on. If "Starbucks" were the plural form of "Starbuck," you would be right. (E.g., it's "the United States' role in international law" not "United States's" because "States" is plural.) While Starbucks the company is named after Starbuck the character, I believe the current iteration comes from a dropped possessive apostrophe, not a multitude of Starbucks.
Jesse Vernon on November 5, 2010 at 12:53 PM Stranger Staff
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A newspaper (well, sort of) using Chicago instead of the AP? That's weird.
keshmeshi on November 5, 2010 at 1:09 PM Report this
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So, it's Chris's not Chris'?

Also, United States is a proper noun, so wouldn't that make it singular?
TheMisanthrope on November 5, 2010 at 1:19 PM Report this
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@ 5 The barista's and I would assume the bartender can accept cash tips but their corporate policy doesn't allow for tips to be written onto credit/debit card totals.
danindowntown on November 5, 2010 at 1:37 PM Report this
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Ah. I also assumed you were using the AP Style manual, which drops the additional s after a sibilant (if I'm not mistaken...I'll need to check it again when I get home). Also, I agree with keshmeshi that it does seem strange that you're using Chicago, although the "'s" use has become a bit dodgy overall.

Regardless, I stand corrected. Sorry for the interruption.

Carry on.
j.lee on November 5, 2010 at 3:23 PM Report this
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your article conveniently neglects the actual coffee house that roasts its own beans two blocks up on the same street that has always served beer and wine: Online Coffee
on November 5, 2010 at 6:43 PM Report this
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Wouldn't it make far more sense to serve alcohol that you can mix with coffee?

"Irish Frappuccino, please."
Free Lunch on November 5, 2010 at 6:58 PM Report this
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i think the review is off. I find the whole bar there to be exactly as I like it. not the typical bar scene. the baristas at that starbucks are exemplary and Nik the bartender is second to none. Its worth it to go there just to have he serve you. refreshing and delightful.
Danny Stoddard on November 6, 2010 at 6:35 AM Report this
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@14: Online Coffee Company is mentioned—in the first paragraph, conveniently enough.

@16: The entire last paragraph is about the bartender and his greatness...

Is this thing on?!

And @15: Clearly!!!
Bethany Jean Clement on November 8, 2010 at 12:31 PM Stranger Staff
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Fried Chicken is correct; both Cafe Starbucks in Madison Park AND in Pacific place previously sold beer, wine and hard alcoholic coffee and non-coffee drinks. I worked there and made them
on November 8, 2010 at 3:23 PM Report this
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Why are we commentatoring about AP style manual blitherings when there's this abomination of English "rubbable-off" sitting right there?

I need a drink.
turingcub on November 8, 2010 at 3:48 PM Report this
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@19 - Come on. That one is for fun.

I, for one, think this article would have been better if BJC had said something about how you can nearly smell the market research at Starbucks.

Also, I heard the bartender was nice. Why didn't she mention that?
STJA on November 29, 2010 at 2:30 PM Report this

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