― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 18:54 (seventeen years ago) link
They have other things to drink as plain, honest-to-god manly coffee besides their house blend and their espresso that are supposedly much better but I can't be bothered.
― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 18:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost ZINGITTY ZING ZANG
― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 18:58 (seventeen years ago) link
I've tried all their coffees, because they are (relatively) closest to my house when I want coffee on the weekend and not make it. I've also gone to indie coffee shops and they all suck for various reasons. Still have yet to find a great cup of coffee here. Maybe it's a big city thing, b/c in collegetowns you can always find a good cup of coffee.
― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr. Alicia D. Titsovich (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link
ALLY I AM ZINGING YOU ON WEIRD MODIFIER ORDER
― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:17 (seventeen years ago) link
"After more than 20 years of espressos, whatever coffee-making skills I'd once had were long gone, vanished from my memory like the lyrics to a George Michael song."
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:19 (seventeen years ago) link
yes, yes, yes (ever heard of parapelegics?? Don't make fun, nabisco), not covered in mildew.
― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― mr. Que (Mr.Que), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link
My god I'd so go to a Starbucks that had Hanle y behind the counter causing trouble. -- Nick (nickdastoo...), September 7th, 2001.
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:27 (seventeen years ago) link
Agreed. It's certainly better than Deli coffee and for a quick cup of coffee in NYC those are often your only two options.
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link
back in the pre-starbucks day, i liked dunkin donuts and wawa cafe. NYC dunkin donuts coffee is OK, and they don't have wawas in NYC. :-(
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link
Astoria.
"Only" was an exageration, but unless you're downtown if you want a cup of coffee without having to walk for 20 minutes those are pretty much your only choices. I need instant gratification when it comes to coffee, though, so maybe this is just a case of me being really lazy.
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:24 (seventeen years ago) link
Haha, on a related note: Blimpie! I don't think I've ever actually eaten anything from a Blimpie, but they have the crappest spots I've ever seen -- they invariably look so old and horrible and low-rent, and half the time there's a nice clean Subway two doors down.
― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:26 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:28 (seventeen years ago) link
The Blimpie right off of Union Sq. is one of the most depressing places in the city.
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:43 (seventeen years ago) link
Some delis have good coffee - I think you can usually tell by taking a quick peak behind the counter - do you see a grinder? Does their equipment look clean and well-maintained? Can you spot any bags, cans or other evidence of coffee brands you like or don't like?
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link
Yes. SF is pretty consistent everywhere, but quality goes up as you go NW. One of the best cups of coffee I've ever had came from a broken down gas station in the Eastern WA wastelands.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 22:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 22:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 22:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 22:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Stanley Fish is confused by Starbucks.
― jaymc, Thursday, 23 August 2007 16:18 (sixteen years ago) link
And this whole bullshit about calling the employees 'our partners' - are you giving them profit sharing? Stock options? Dividends? They're not your 'partners,' they're workers
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
So much of the closing or removal of spaces comes just down to labor; that the company completely refuses to adequately staff and train those locations for that time, isn’t it?
I mean, yes, both are connected to larger problems that city officials tend to refuse to deal with other than sending in cops, true.
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 19:24 (one year ago) link