Starbucks

This location lost its lease to the upcoming Convention Center Hotel proposal (we’ll see…). It’s completely closed. Thankfully the drive through location between MLK and Grand remains a block south.

Just one of those Starbucks.
I don’t like the restroom is locked and have to ask a key.

this is an okay starbucks, same o same o

It was busy, but where did this common courtesy go?
Waited for like 20 minutes to finally order, or longer. Then they forget a sandwich we ordered. They didn’t even apologize, after we waited another 20 minutes to check on it. After bugging them consistently, we got the freakin’ sandwich. We weren’t offered an apology, an ‘on the house’ deal, or anything. Yeah, it was busy, but there was NO great customer service. We got rude looks, smart mouths, the whole thing.
And we asked the worker if he knew if there were eggs in the food… and he refers us to some pamphlet which had no ingredient list. how annoying. Oh, and they got our drink sizes wrong. even more annoying.
Never again.

It’s a smaller Starbucks with no plush couches. But the Wifi works perfectly and my mocha was delicious. Perfect spot to kill an hour between sessions at the Convention Center!

not my favorite coffee chain but whaddayagonnado — had to wait for a friend and picked up a mocha (1 pump keeps it from being a choco-​mess) and the cheese/​fruit bistro box. the crackers sucked but the rest was a good alternative to a sandwich and the service was friendly and quick. nothing out of the ordinary but no complaints.

It’s a Starbucks. You can get lemon loaf and Hawaiian bagels, same as any other ‘bucks, the décor is that tan, green, orange puke-​fest, and the Pike’s place is a-​flowing. For five years I went to this Starbucks before trudging over to the Kaiser building for my 8:00 — 4:00. And you know what? I miss this Starbucks. The baristas were pretty much the same, day to day, and they are all friendly people. They always got my 5 drink office order correct. I was always paid a compliment on the questionable office attire I wore or the kooky new hair color I was sporting. Sure, Pike’s place is gross, their only bran muffin option is horrendous, but I cannot put that fun little team of people at fault for the corporate offerings.

It’s a Starbucks.

I hate parades.
I hate crowds.
I [like to say that I] really, really hate Starbucks.
But when you’re stuck near a completely barricaded Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard (in honor of the illustrious Rose Parade, no less), still mildly drunk from the night before and in need of caffeine… well…Starbucks will hook a bitch up!
Let me set the scene:
I go outside to feed the meter, and find that I am very tired and need my triple grande nonfat latte. Walk across the street to find a line literally out the door and halfway down the block (coming out of Starbucks). All those crazy mofos who spent the night on the very safe MLK in order to secure themselves a prime spot for the parade.
Do I wait or do I book it?
Every inch of my being is telling me to book it, but my need for caffeine takes over, and I decide to persevere. First of all, I was trying to figure out how the heck they were going to keep all the drinks straight, and get ‘em right.
They totally had that covered. Two employees were walking down the line, taking orders and writing names on hot sleeves. They even kept them in order. So when I got up to the till, I paid, and it wasn’t long afterward that I received my coffee.
Have they done this before?
And way to be peppy at 8 a.m.
In any other circumstance, I probably wouldn’t have gone here, or waited in a long line for it, or given it this many stars, but… but…hey, you gotta give kudos where they’re deserved. And the crowd moved fast enough to the point where I didn’t feel the need to hyperventilate. Then I booked it back inside, where the parade was merely an afterthought.