The azcentral.com readers choice for “best coffee shop” has been decided and Starbucks takes first prize! 1st place: Starbucks 2nd place: Dutch Bros 3rd Place: Dunkin’ Donuts There were several excellent local coffee shops on the list that people could have chosen, including Cartel Coffee Lab, Sip Coffee, Songbird, Coffee Rush, and Elevate Coffee. It seems

Founds this interesting blog post and thread up on the Starbucks Gossip blog. According to the action item: Baristas are no longer required to pull shots into shot glasses where the quality of the shot can be seen. We are now allowed to pull the directly into the cup. If the timing of the shot

Ron Cortez passed along this interesting article which suggests that Starbucks no longer gives small coffee shops the jitters. I would agree. In talking with coffee house owners around Arizona, most don’t fear Starbucks (or never did). It’s obviously a different story if a Starbucks were to move into your retail complex. But that rarely

An interesting, and brief read in Architect magazine showing how 5 famous architects would redesign Starbucks.