Interesting! I just assumed it was because nobody cared about such stuff--there's actual history behind it.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 May 2017 18:51 (seven years ago) link
Tims, partly because I'm using their WiFi right now
― Wet Pelican would provide the soundtrack (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 22 May 2017 18:55 (seven years ago) link
(The answer to the question is easily Tims btw, mainly bc Starbucks is undrinkable horseshit and Tims makes a perfectly acceptable ultra-light roast, probably better than most other fast food places. For food, I don't think Tims is as good as they used to be but, again, you should still be able to get a decent ham sandwich and soup while everything at Starbucks seems like a bizarro perversion.)
― Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow (Sund4r), Monday, 22 May 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
Timmy big deal in Quebec as well. It's one of those institutions I keep criticising but when one of my european friends uses the same arguments than I do, I'll lose my shit and defend it to death.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 22 May 2017 19:04 (seven years ago) link
i mean why would you get coffee at any of these establishments anyway
tonnes of nice coffee shops in vancouver at least
even smaller chains
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Monday, 22 May 2017 19:15 (seven years ago) link
Road trips
― Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow (Sund4r), Monday, 22 May 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
lol
is this a frequent thing for u
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Monday, 22 May 2017 19:23 (seven years ago) link
Long drives? Yes.
― Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow (Sund4r), Monday, 22 May 2017 19:24 (seven years ago) link
that's fair
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Monday, 22 May 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
i drove from vancouver to banff and i don't remember how many tims we passed by but i will say probably not many
we did stop at a white spot and white spot effing rules and i miss it so much
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Monday, 22 May 2017 19:27 (seven years ago) link
oh god I want to go to banff so so bad
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 22 May 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
it was p cool
lots of people will tell you it's gotten too commercial/touristy but lots of beautiful hikes, parks, and drives in the surrounding areas
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Monday, 22 May 2017 19:41 (seven years ago) link
Yeah nothing wrong with White Spot whatsoever but that's another thread. Think there's probably more A&Ws than Tim Hortons in Vancouver and there's not even a glut of those.
― everything, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 03:30 (seven years ago) link
Starbucks doesn't have a buffalo-sauce latte: http://www.grubstreet.com/2017/10/tim-hortons-introduces-buffalo-sauce-latte.html
― Beret McKesson (jaymc), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 17:58 (six years ago) link
Destroy both. IF they were the only two options I'd probably take starbucks just because I of strength/caffeine content.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
. it's very difficult for me to conduct business in tim hortons and not be overwhelmed with sadness
they opened one of these here (not canada), i went in when it was pretty new still i think, but overall yeah, pathetically sad place, and crazy expensive, i do not want to go there any more
― j., Wednesday, 18 October 2017 00:50 (six years ago) link
Tim Hortons > the band Poison > 7-11 > literal poison > Starbucks (probably > the Buffalo latte)
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 02:46 (six years ago) link
Tbf, though, I had coffee from an American Tims on the way back after Thanksgiving/Columbus Day and it tasted completely wrong, more like 7-11 material, so that might affect rankings (especially if they're selling Buffalo lattes).
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 02:49 (six years ago) link
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/9jz587/what_is_going_on_with_tim_hortons_why_are_their/
a great metaphor for a country in disarray
― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 30 September 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
When I was 10 or 11, 7-Up had these promotional cans in Canada where the bottom was a picture of Lighthouse or Edward Bear or Crowbar (maybe the Guess Who, too), with their name above the photo. I can't find any online evidence, but my memory is not faulty here--I was talking about them with a friend one day.
The last couple of days (and into the foreseeable future), my paper coffee cup has an illustration of Shawn Mendes on there.
http://i.dam-img.rfdcontent.com/cms/006/061/029/1000x400_crop-north-force.jpg
This is not progress. I want to go back.
― clemenza, Thursday, 5 September 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link