Starbuckies!

You probably can't read it - but this is the beer/wine menu (!) at Starbucks here in Portland.  Is Starbuckies going to roll out beer and wine service to the rest of the country???   Because I’d just like to select the geography of my next consulting gig based on their roll-out schedule.  Seriously….coffee, beer, wine & rice krispie treats all in one location?  ~Heaven~  It’s as if I am a focus group of 1 for SB.  50% of my restaurant budget already goes to SB, but I may as well start signing over the other half of my paycheck right now.  Honestly, I may never need to set foot in another retail establishment again.  If they add bbq chips to the menu, I’ll just move in. 

And speaking of retail – I am MUCH more likely to buy that $13 tin of hot cocoa after a couple Venti Miller Lites.  Actually, we found out the hard way that the Pinot does not come in Venti size after all (not yet anyway…give the SB bean counters another year and we’ll be able to get that whole wine bottle in a SB sippy cup). 

Now you will never QUITE know what’s in that starbuckies coffee cup I’m carrying around, will you?

Leave it to Starbuckies though, now you have to stand in line behind a person ordering a half-dry, extra cold, double tall, skinny vanilla latte AND a person ordering an undecanted, medium toast, low brix older vintage.  Wait – is that Blondie in front of me???

My only concern?  If a cup of coffee costs $3.95 at Starbuckies…how much does something with alcohol in it cost???