You can keep your Starbucks

I dislike coffee, but I love coffee houses. I have tea, hot chocolate, smoothies, desserts and sandwiches, and in every one of those categories Starbucks strikes me as inferior to the local and regional alternatives we have here.

I have no need to ever enter a Starbucks again .

This is one of my favorite places in the Bay Area for coffee, tea, snacks—and music ! It originally sold records and I’ve been going since the early 80s. But occasionally they have live music, local classical musicians, string quartets, etc. perform.