― 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
Stanley Fish is my university's "professor at large"!
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 23 August 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I should also point out that Fish may be referring to the two Starbucks on campus, which are, indeed, pretty appalling.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 23 August 2007 16:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha, I never knew that's where he ended up! He was at UIC for a while; a friend of mine audited a class of his.
― jaymc, Thursday, 23 August 2007 16:25 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd have liked it better if the article was about Starbucks as an interpretive community. I'd have thought that putting the onus on the consumer to dress up his or her own coffee would have interested him in the same way as reader-response criticism.
― jaymc, Thursday, 23 August 2007 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
That's probably a class project.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 23 August 2007 16:31 (sixteen years ago) link
oh no!
http://www.slate.com/id/2180301/nav/tap3/
― gabbneb, Monday, 31 December 2007 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
let's be honest, we're talking about drugs here
― gff, Monday, 31 December 2007 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link