In-store experiences and store design

I spy … a new Starbucks logo (Swedish Medical Center – Jefferson Tower Starbucks)

April 23, 2011

On April 17, 2011, a new (licensed) Starbucks opened up in Seattle, located inside Swedish Medical Center. It might be the first Starbucks in Seattle with the new logo.  If anyone knows of a new Starbucks logo in the city of Seattle which was on display before April 17, 2011, please let me know!  (The [...]

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Announcing a new Clover Starbucks – Irvine, California gets Orange County’s first Clover store

March 27, 2011

Announcing the first Starbucks in Orange County, California to receive a Clover brewer, and it’s in Irvine! Located on the corner of Culver Boulevard and Irvine Boulevard, this beautiful, newly-remodeled Starbucks, has the Clover and a full line of Reserve coffee offerings.  (The Reserve coffee offerings are limited, smaller batch coffees produced by Starbucks.)  The Clover coffee [...]

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The tiny Starbucks at 359 Grant Avenue in San Francisco

March 22, 2011

There is a very small Starbucks store on Grant Avenue in San Francisco, located very close to San Francisco’s gate to Chinatown.  This store at 359 Grant Avenue does not have a Clover.  It is not a drive-thru.  It is not a Reserve Starbucks.  (The Reserve line of coffees began in August 2010, with the [...]

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Memoirs of a 19 year-old Starbucks store in San Francisco (My siren episode #3 – 1987 to 1992 logo)

March 17, 2011

Located on the corner of Laguna Street and Union Street in San Francisco, in a beautiful neighborhood, yet with busy streets, stands a nineteen year-old Starbucks.  The doors were first opened to the public on March 6, 1992, and the very first store manager of this iconic location was then-Starbucks partner, Gina Marino.  The exterior [...]

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Traveling all over the world to Starbucks: Hamburg, Germany

March 13, 2011

Manchmal besuchen wir die schönen Starbucks Filiale auf der ganzen Welt.  Der nächste Haltepunkt ist angekommen:  Hamburg, Deutschland.  Zum Glück ist Sebastian Birr in diese Stadt kürzlich gefahren.  Er hat viele Fotos gemacht, und ich möchte gern euch diese Bilder präsentieren.  Von ihm habe ich gelernt dass es 13 Starbucks im Hamburg gibt.  Die letzte [...]

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Local flair and coffee passion all in one Starbucks in Austin, TX (#6284)

February 26, 2011

This Starbucks is amazing.  It’s located near the University of Texas at Austin, on 24th Street.  I visited it as part of pre-planned, scheduled, tour of Austin, Texas Starbucks stores on Sunday, February 20, 2011.  On that Sunday, it was the first of the three stores we went to, and so we arrived at about [...]

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Ownership stories: (1 of 2) Austin, TX LEED Starbucks: The lights were on. The doors were open. We met the house sitters.

February 23, 2011

It is time now for a review of Starbucks store #13418 in Austin, Texas.  This store  is a LEED Certified Starbucks.  By the way, this store visit was a “scheduled” store visit, meaning that the store had advance notice (nearly one week before my arrival) of my exact day and time of arrival, and knew [...]

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A Saturday in Texas: Starbucks in Bedford (#9670)

February 20, 2011

I want to share a great store experience I had in Bedford, Texas! Starbucks store 9670 2104 Airport Freeway Bedford, TX 76022 (817) 283-6528 I was visiting Texas to meet up with a group of partners from all over that big state, and one of the group suggested that one of the best Starbucks he knew [...]

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15th Avenue Coffee and Tea turns back into a Starbucks on 1-31-11

January 24, 2011

Goodbye 15th Avenue Coffee and Tea.  Welcome home Starbucks Coffee.  The coffeehouse formerly known as 15th Avenue Coffee and Tea, and which was the first of the two “street level” experimental stores operated by Starbucks, will now officially become a logoed Starbucks.  This change will happen on January 31, 2011, with the official introduction of [...]

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The largest Starbucks in North America & a day with @SbuxMel and @Nobrice

December 23, 2010

The largest Starbucks in North America is located in the Chase Building, in downtown Seattle, so I have been told.  It doesn’t seem like it is the largest to me square footage-wise, and I’m even a little suspicious of this fact, but a barista there firmly tells me it is. When I started today (December 22, [...]

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