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They have passable coffee but I think they actually did a good job of curating a good place to simply be. They served as a pub, in the public house sense, for
by jayd16 1y ago
They have passable coffee but I think they actually did a good job of curating a good place to simply be.
They served as a pub, in the public house sense, for young professionals.
I think covid really derailed that and the vibe never quite returned. I'm not sure what people are using for a 'third place' (not home or work) these days but Starbucks is out of fashion and sometimes generally hostile to customer loitering now.
- o_nate 1y agoTwo of the three Starbucks locations in my home town removed all of the seating. Across the street from one of them, an independent coffee shop opened up with lots of seating. Whenever I walk by the Starbucks is empty and there are a lot of people inside the independent shop. I have to wonder about their strategy.