For some good old fashioned coffee and American values, college students should bring their patriotism to Conservative Café but leave their laptops behind.
 

Dave Beckham opened the Indiana coffee shop as an antidote to the depraved liberalism of Starbucks and other high end stores. He was fed up with th

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Starbucks, perhaps to make up for closing 600 of its stores this year is offering a discount for the biggest of coffee aficionados. For the remainder of this summer and fall, any Starbucks customer at any US store presenting a reciept from a morning purchase will recieve any Grande iced beverage for only

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Can't get through a morning without your IV drip of designer, name brand coffee?  It looks like your morning routine is going to have to change a bit.

 

Starbucks has spread itself too thin. Taking over neighborhoods and dominating every street corner has backfired on the company with internatio

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Spotted: Above the Starbucks at the Arlington T-stop on Newbury Street this weekend, one resident thought he was clever enough to trick unsuspecting passerby into grabbing at the goods, just as he reeled them out of their reach.

If I caught pearls and a lovely box from Tiffany's every time I went fishing, I would have a fishing rod permanently attached to my hand. If only it were that easy...

Blue McCaw chillin' (Starbucks, Downtown Athens)
So there's this Blue McCaw that's always hanging out at the local Starbucks. He's 10 years old and beautiful. Apparently, if his owner leaves for a bit, the bird stays put until he returns. He talks too, but he didn't want to show off for me.

It seems I always find the strangest people to write about when I'm in Starbucks. Last night I was minding my own business, when the Aristotle-loving guy beside me admitted that he "sat on College Ave. this past weekend and was disgusted by the number of drunk girls running around."

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Hipsters everywhere can rejoice!

The opening of fun little places like Bloc 11 or Diesel Cafe or Dunkin' Donuts might actually be taking its toll on the corporate Goliath that is Starbucks.

Turns out traffic to American Starbucks locations is down. Maybe we are tired of ordering a venti cup of pretentious-ness with soy milk (whipped cream, please) for 17 bucks.

For all the ladies following Mary Kate Olsen's notorious Starbucks Diet, you now have a reason to walk off of Marshall Street: A new coffeehouse and roastery opened up off of Wescott Street.

To burn a few extra calories, take a gander over to Recess, an independently owned coffee shop located on Harvard Place... MORE » Link: http://www.myspace.com/recesscoffee

Screw waiting on line at Starbucks every morning to get your cup of joe that sounds more like a company name (aka tall soy sugar free extra hot cinnamon dolce latte) than an actual coffee and stop by this new pad , Sugar Pearl—a new louge/cafe/espesso bar with a feminist energy and ambiance located... MORE » Link: http://blogsyracuse.blogspot.com/2007/07/sugar-pea...