Comments on: Starbucks Everywhere!

Starbucks Everywhere!

PrinceValium — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 19:56:18 -0800

How many different Starbucks outlets in North America have you been to? Less than 3,381? If so, this guy has you beat. See Winter's caffeine-propelled roadtrip stats and peruse his mind-numbing photo gallery.
Do not try this at home; you WILL end up looking like this.

By: npost

npost — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:17:31 -0800

This guy is going to have major issues with his nervous system... This much coffee in conjunction with the stints this guy is driving has got to blow a fuse sometime!

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:20:59 -0800

Starbucks: dark, mediocre coffee in a pleasant atmosphere...

By: birdherder

birdherder — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:27:23 -0800

holy shit! and i thought i had strange hobbies. what is scary is how many of the stores in austin i've been to. just hope this doesn't turn into another corporate coffee sucks thread

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:37:10 -0800

Suddenly, my life feels so much more interesting than it did before I read these links. Thanks.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:48:15 -0800

I'd read about the metastasizing of these places in North America, but I didn't realize how ridiculous it had gotten until I went back for the first time in 5 years over Xmas and spent some time in Vancouver. The fucking things are everywhere! There's two of them across the street from each other on Granville and Georgia, for goodness sakes! That shouldn't bother me as much as it does, perhaps. Ah well.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 22:06:17 -0800

"...my project to visit every Starbucks in the world..." ...dovetails nicely with my project, which is never to visit a Starbucks. Here's wishing us both continued success in our ventures.

By: Frank Grimes

Frank Grimes — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 22:13:37 -0800

Bah, I'm not a coffee drinker, but I've always dreamed of visiting every Waffle House. Here's a list.

By: blindcarboncopy

blindcarboncopy — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 22:36:27 -0800

Apparently too many lattes make your memory worse. The image filed under "Mt Vernon/Haggins, Bellingham, Washington" in his photo gallery is actually from Bellevue, Washington. The difference is about 90 miles worth. Not to mention that Mt. Vernon is another town entirely, and Haggins is probably mis-spelled Haggen's, a local grocery store chain name. In short, he is confused and should lay off the caffeine. Then again, for a personal hobby, I collect bridges. That is, wherever I go, I have to walk across all large bridges I can get access to, thus adding them to my "collection". Yes, I am weird.

By: stoneegg21

stoneegg21 — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 23:00:06 -0800

When I finally had a drink from Starbucks, it rather surprised me, because it did not taste like coffee at all, because it had been so sweetened and flavored. I will say that they do good espresso brownies though.

By: piper28

piper28 — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 23:04:25 -0800

Hmm, personally I collect roads. What can I say, I'm a sucker for interesting roads, especially if it's not paved. Although in general I don't collect pictures of them, because the pictures just never do them adequate justice. This poor guy is in trouble, because they're probably building the damn things faster than he can get to them. Although it could have been worse, he could have picked McDonalds. I mean, there's tons of those (I used to live near where the 10000 one was built, and I think they're a lot higher now since that was over a decade ago).

By: saladin

saladin — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 23:05:29 -0800

If only he'd visited the Starbucks inside the Barnes and Noble on Astor, he would have completed the Astor Place Trifecta, wherein one can be standing in a Starbucks, looking down at both a Starbucks across the street, and a Starbucks a half a block away. Dang

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 23:09:48 -0800

This guy's trying to visit every Denny's in the world. He's only hit 214, so far.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 23:20:53 -0800

That is, wherever I go, I have to walk across all large bridges I can get access to, thus adding them to my "collection". Yes, I am weird. It is my mission to pee in every major body of water on the planet before I die. I admit that I am redefining the meaning of 'major' as time runs out, though.

By: Schismatic

Schismatic — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 00:44:59 -0800

Downtown Seattle has another set of three like saladin described. Standing outside of one, you can see another a block away and across the street, then a third a little bit farther along. I seem to recall another coffee chain (Tully's, I believe) also visible at that point. That would actually be a slightly more interesting project, to find the point of highest local Starbucks density.

By: einarorn

einarorn — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 02:27:03 -0800

I've actually been to McDonald's in every country in South-America: Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Columbia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. I've also been to McDonald's in Mexico, USA and Canada, so I just have a few Central-American countries left to complete my Pan-American journey. So, at least I've accomplished something in my life.

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 06:43:08 -0800

einarorn: ever notice how American fast food seems to taste...better abroad? Can't quite figure it out. and I love the menu item at McDonald's in Japan: "Smile.....[free]"

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 06:45:44 -0800

Sad thing about where I work (Silver Spring, MD) is that the Starbuck's is the most comfortable place around to sit and eat/drink/chill when you just need to get the hell out of the office, corporate-cozy-wall-poetry and all. I notice this is often the case. You're basically renting a chair and decent atmosphere for $2.50, and you get a half-assed cup of coffee for free.

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 06:45:50 -0800

"Apparently too many lattes"... brings out your inner homophobe. In the Toronto section, he describes one $tarbuck$ on "the infamous Church street." Infamous? Since when is the main street in the city's gay village "infamous"? (Or am I missing something?)

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 06:55:07 -0800

How many different Starbucks outlets in North America have you been to? Heh, zer©.

By: nelleish

nelleish — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 07:39:16 -0800

When he was in Ontario he should have just swung by my university. There are two coffee shops on campus that explicitly display "We proudly brew Starbucks Coffee!" and the majority of the rest do too, they just don't tell you about it. I suppose that's not quite the same as a atmosphere you get in one of their liscenced franchises though, eh?

By: lelilo

lelilo — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:54:53 -0800

Then again, for a personal hobby, I collect bridges. With my friend Cable, it's airports. He's flown in to (or out of) more than 100 different ones so far.

By: einarorn

einarorn — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:24:17 -0800

Yep gottabefunky, McDonald's does seem better outside the U.S. Especially when the local food is terrible. When we were in Bolivia we spent three weeks outside of La Paz, eating horrible food. When we got to the capital La Paz, we actually took a cab straight to McDonald's. Since there are only two McDonald's in La Paz, it turned out to be a pretty expensive cab ride.... But it was worth it.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:29:24 -0800

cool. he's been to the one near the disco kroger, one of atlanta's more eclectic landmarks. though not as obvious as the big chicken.

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:38:23 -0800

There's two of them across the street from each other on Granville and Georgia, for goodness sakes! *cough*RobsonandBurrard*cough* My local. I find it somewhat alarming that I have visited, according to this no doubt comprehensive listing, every Starbucks within city limits at one time or another. I wasn't trying to. But I'm not obsessed with Starbucks, mind you. I'm an "enthusiast". That's what they all say.

By: strangeleftydoublethink

strangeleftydoublethink — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:23:58 -0800

What's the point? Don't they all look the same inside anyhow? Poor sap is probably missing out on some cool local coffeespots as he blunders his way toward the next 'Bucks. I tend to avoid them unless it's the only option. My local one (SE 28th and Burnside, Portland, OR) was open on Thanksgiving, but all the indies were closed.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:13:16 -0800

It is my mission to pee in every major body of water on the planet before I die. I admit that I am redefining the meaning of 'major' as time runs out, though. Similarly, stav, I've peed in public in every foreign country I've visited (Mexico, Honduras, Canada, France, England, Scotland, and Wales). It's a goal I make when I travel. I'll start a pool so that you all can select which country I'll get deported from for said activity.

By: PrinceValium

PrinceValium — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:59:25 -0800

Ufez, try doing that in Singapore (and blog the aftermath for our amusement.)

By: sgt.serenity

sgt.serenity — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:36:54 -0800

How many different Starbucks outlets in North America have you been to? at last , the killer chat up line ! my hands up for peeing in public in singapore.. sentosa island.

By: jaronson

jaronson — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 20:40:59 -0800

The first Starbucks in Des Moines, Iowa, USA was actually located inside a Target store. We just got our first "real" Starbucks earlier this year. We're all quite proud. Or not. And...uh...I've been to eight different Major League Baseball stadiums.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:25:22 -0800

I almost got arrested for peeing in public in Mexico, Ufez. Thanks to my Comedy Bribery Skills, however, I escaped, but it did put the public urination fear of god into me.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Sat, 01 Feb 2003 06:11:18 -0800

I've peed in public in every foreign country I've visited. . .I'll start a pool uh, be careful where you start that pool. When I was a kid, I had a (long-since-abandoned) goal to visit every station on the London Underground. Dunno why -- it just seemed interesting and a bit exotic.