Taking Sides: Tim Horton's Vs Starbucks

otm

Maybe BC is different? Tim Horton's is definitely a big deal in Ontario. (Also, my understanding is that, when BK and Tim Horton's merged, they set up their headquarters in Ontario?)

phew i'm glad my v serious post about the canadianisation of the uk is getting the forensic attention it deserves

P sure we'd be shooting the shit about Tim Horton's regardless. Also the top of the thread suggests that this might be the case:

Maybe BC is different?

that's very possible

but then again each province might as well be its own country right?

I have at least two Tim Hortons coffees a day--one on the way to work, one on the way home. Someone will often bring one in during the day. Don't know when or why they decided to forgo the possessive in their name. The original store was just Tim Horton.

http://www.where.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Unusual-Getaways-from-Toronto-First-Tim-Hortons.jpg

They dropped the possessive apostrophe as a result of Quebec language laws. I don't know whether we're still supposed to read it as possessive.

Interesting! I just assumed it was because nobody cared about such stuff--there's actual history behind it.

Tims, partly because I'm using their WiFi right now

(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.)

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.

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

Road trips

lol

is this a frequent thing for u

Long drives? Yes.

that's fair

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

oh god I want to go to banff so so bad

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

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.

Starbucks doesn't have a buffalo-sauce latte:
http://www.grubstreet.com/2017/10/tim-hortons-introduces-buffalo-sauce-latte.html

Destroy both. IF they were the only two options I'd probably take starbucks just because I of strength/caffeine content.

. 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

Tim Hortons > the band Poison > 7-11 > literal poison > Starbucks (probably > the Buffalo latte)

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).

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

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.