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mrmaster
2012-01-30 05:43:00 PM
There are no starbucks in the virgin islands either.
 
Belegur
2012-01-30 05:48:07 PM
Attended a wake on Friday and the funeral home had a Starbucks. It wasn't a full on Starbucks, but it was real enough to have a barista.
 
ZMugg
2012-01-30 05:51:18 PM
None in Maryland, either.

1 in West Virginia.

Martinsburg.

Or, as I like to call it, Dykesburg.
 
Needlessly Complicated
2012-01-30 05:53:10 PM
ZMugg: None in Maryland, either.

1 in West Virginia.

Martinsburg.

Or, as I like to call it, Dykesburg.

Oh.... women there reject you so they MUST be lesbians, right?

...or they have a lot of dams there. I've never been there, I don't really know.

/I kid because I love
 
MaudlinMutantMollusk [TotalFark]
2012-01-30 05:57:31 PM
No Starbuck's in my town

/not much of anything else, either
 
All Latest
2012-01-30 06:05:35 PM
No Starbucks in Norway either until February 9, when the first one opens at Oslo Airport.
 
MrEricSir
2012-01-30 06:08:52 PM
There isn't a Starbucks in my bedroom. Or at least, there wasn't the last time I checked.
 
cyberspacedout
2012-01-30 06:40:11 PM
Would they still call it "chai tea" in Hindi?
 
mainsail
2012-01-30 07:02:21 PM
cyberspacedout: Would they still call it "chai tea" in Hindi?

Ask the chai-wallahs, I have no idea.
 
D_Evans45
2012-01-30 07:03:11 PM
Starbucks downsized notably in my area over the past couple years. Do you guys still have them across the streets from each other in some places?

/More weed stores than Starbucks out here now
 
shizukanavix
2012-01-30 07:05:55 PM
None in Albania.
 
TomD9938
2012-01-30 07:23:33 PM
FTA

Western-style cafes in India charge roughly 60-80 rupees ($1.22-$1.62) for a plain cup of coffee... far more than the 10 rupees charged at a basic local outlet.

To be fair, that does include the e-coli flavor shot.
 
JammerJim
2012-01-30 07:57:48 PM
D_Evans45: Starbucks downsized notably in my area over the past couple years. Do you guys still have them across the streets from each other in some places?

It was like that in Manhattan last year. Every. Friggin'. Block. And at opposite ends of the same block.

Jim
 
I'm over it now
2012-01-30 08:01:24 PM
Nearest Starbucks over an hour away. Much too far to drive for over-priced shiatty coffee.
 
hartigan
2012-01-30 09:24:01 PM
Somewhat ironically, there are no Starbucks franchises on Nantucket. But that is where the family, who inspired the Moby Dick character, originated. It was the M.D. character that inspired the coffee shop name.
 
rebelman233
2012-01-30 09:44:28 PM
It said tata group
/ starbucks sucks
// tata
/// back to mu genny 24oz ers
//// slashies
 
natazha
2012-01-30 10:03:14 PM
Freshman economics:

25 cent Ramen
$5 starbucks
 
ImpendingCynic
2012-01-30 10:12:24 PM
All Latest: No Starbucks in Norway either until February 9, when the first one opens at Oslo Airport.

I'd love to know what the prices are. Starbucks in Copenhagen run about $11 (USD) for a Frappuccino, and Norway is known for being even more expensive (like $25 for a Big Mac combo at McD's).

Not that the world couldn't do with a couple fewer Starbucks. The one next to the (800?) year old gate to Canterbury Cathedral is kinda sad. But the one in the basement of the Louvre is funny - must p*ss off the French something awful.
 
chicagogasman [TotalFark]
2012-01-30 10:18:13 PM
There are 8 in a six block radius of my apt.
 
MFAWG
2012-01-30 10:30:14 PM
Hah! Was talking to the ex who lives in a small town in Nawth Cackylacky. Nearest Starbucks to her is 24 miles away. I didn't believe her at first, because here in Washington State there is NO SUCH THING!

D_Evans45: Starbucks downsized notably in my area over the past couple years. Do you guys still have them across the streets from each other in some places?



Even after closing a bunch of stores, we still have them less than a block away from each other.
 
janzee
2012-01-30 10:30:54 PM
Before I left the company, I closed 600..

/your welcome...
 
jmr61 [TotalFark]
2012-01-30 10:52:16 PM
ZMugg: None in Maryland, either.

1 in West Virginia.

Martinsburg.

Or, as I like to call it, Dykesburg.

You need to get out of the eastern panhandle.

Starbucks - Barboursville -- Huntington Mall 1 Mall Rd 304-733-4383
Starbucks - Barboursville -- Kroger-Barboursville #788 6360 US Route 60
Starbucks - Barboursville -- Merritt Creek 900 Lauren Christian Drive 304-736-7243
Starbucks - Beckley -- Beckley 308 Galleria Plaza (304) 256-6429
Starbucks - Beckley -- Beckley Travel Plaza Mile Marker 45 SB, W Virginia Turnpike 304-255-6773
Starbucks - Burnwell -- Morton Travel Plaza Mile Marker 74 WB, W Virginia Turnpike 304-595-2525
Starbucks - Charleston -- Charleston Town Center 3000 Charleston Town Center 304-346-1634
Starbucks - Clarksburg -- Clarksburg 241 Emily Drive, Suite A (304) 623-5194
Starbucks - Huntington -- Pullman Square 285 9th Street 304-697-0217
Starbucks - Martinsburg -- Target Martinsburg T-2538 14378 Apple Harvest Drive (304) 264-5200
Starbucks - Morgantown -- Morgantown 1109 Van Voorhis Rd. 304-599-2740
Starbucks - Morgantown -- Target Morgantown T-1949 5001 University Town Centre Dr 304-599-1072
Starbucks - Princeton -- Bluestone Travel Plaza Milepost 18 I-77
Starbucks - Princeton -- Princeton, WV 100 Oakvale Road 304-431-2559
Starbucks - Snowshoe -- Snowshoe Resort @ Snowshoe 1 Snowshoe Dr 304-572-5610
Starbucks - South Charleston -- HJ Thomas Memorial Hospital 4605 MacCorkle Avenue SW 304-766-3678
Starbucks - Valley Grove -- Target Wheeling/Valley Grove T-22 300 Cabela Dr 304-547-2980
Starbucks - Wheeling -- Kroger-Wheeling #562 200 Mount Dechantel Rd 304-233-5480


And at 50 years of age I've never been to a Starbucks or drank a cup of coffee.
 
EthelPP
2012-01-30 11:14:56 PM
jmr61: ZMugg: None in Maryland, either.

1 in West Virginia.

Martinsburg.

Or, as I like to call it, Dykesburg.

You need to get out of the eastern panhandle.

Starbucks - Barboursville -- Huntington Mall 1 Mall Rd 304-733-4383
Starbucks - Barboursville -- Kroger-Barboursville #788 6360 US Route 60
Starbucks - Barboursville -- Merritt Creek 900 Lauren Christian Drive 304-736-7243
Starbucks - Beckley -- Beckley 308 Galleria Plaza (304) 256-6429
Starbucks - Beckley -- Beckley Travel Plaza Mile Marker 45 SB, W Virginia Turnpike 304-255-6773
Starbucks - Burnwell -- Morton Travel Plaza Mile Marker 74 WB, W Virginia Turnpike 304-595-2525
Starbucks - Charleston -- Charleston Town Center 3000 Charleston Town Center 304-346-1634
Starbucks - Clarksburg -- Clarksburg 241 Emily Drive, Suite A (304) 623-5194
Starbucks - Huntington -- Pullman Square 285 9th Street 304-697-0217
Starbucks - Martinsburg -- Target Martinsburg T-2538 14378 Apple Harvest Drive (304) 264-5200
Starbucks - Morgantown -- Morgantown 1109 Van Voorhis Rd. 304-599-2740
Starbucks - Morgantown -- Target Morgantown T-1949 5001 University Town Centre Dr 304-599-1072
Starbucks - Princeton -- Bluestone Travel Plaza Milepost 18 I-77
Starbucks - Princeton -- Princeton, WV 100 Oakvale Road 304-431-2559
Starbucks - Snowshoe -- Snowshoe Resort @ Snowshoe 1 Snowshoe Dr 304-572-5610
Starbucks - South Charleston -- HJ Thomas Memorial Hospital 4605 MacCorkle Avenue SW 304-766-3678
Starbucks - Valley Grove -- Target Wheeling/Valley Grove T-22 300 Cabela Dr 304-547-2980
Starbucks - Wheeling -- Kroger-Wheeling #562 200 Mount Dechantel Rd 304-233-5480


And at 50 years of age I've never been to a Starbucks or drank a cup of coffee.

"Dykesburg" would be Shepherdstown.
 
ZMugg
2012-01-30 11:23:16 PM
jmr61: ZMugg: None in Maryland, either.

1 in West Virginia.

Martinsburg.

Or, as I like to call it, Dykesburg.

You need to get out of the eastern panhandle.

True dat.

Lotsa locations

And at 50 years of age I've never been to a Starbucks or drank a cup of coffee.

None of those locations came up in a search for Starbucks near 26763. It was the Starbucks website, too!

It showed locations as far away as as Winchester, Va., but only the Martinsburg location in WVA.
 
StingerJ
2012-01-31 12:34:16 AM
Starbucks is pretty sparse in Minneapolis. It's all Caribou up there. Which, after failing to find a Starbucks one morning, I found I like more.
 
mrmaster
2012-01-31 07:10:12 AM
None in Maryland, either.

1 in West Virginia.

Martinsburg.

Or, as I like to call it, Dykesburg.

WTF. Do you ever leave your house?

Ananapolis, ever heard of it? They also have Starbucks.

l
 
dumbobruni
2012-01-31 08:50:51 AM
i like having Starbucks in Paris. In many cases its next to impossible to get a coffee to go or iced; if it is to go its cups of 6 oz or less (compared to Starbuck's 12oz cup) and isn't particularly good at most places. in many cases Starbucks can be much cheaper than getting coffee at a cafe, especially for the coffee of the week specials (€2.50 for a 12oz cup).

the flavored hot coffees on offer here for Starbucks are horrible; the frappucinos here are ok.
 
beta_plus
2012-01-31 09:45:29 AM
Is it true that there is an intersection of mid-town manhattan that has a Starbucks on each of its 4 corners?
 
mod3072
2012-01-31 10:00:48 AM
As far as I know, there isn't one within 120 miles of where I live, and I'm okay with that. It'll be a cold day in hell before I pay $5+ for a cup of coffee that doesn't even have booze in it.
 
jimpoz
2012-01-31 10:08:28 AM
I've seen the end of the universe, and it happens to be in the United States and, oddly enough, it's in Houston, Texas. I know -- I was shocked, too. Imagine my surprise when I left a comedy club one day and walked to the end of the block, and there on one corner was a Starbucks, and across the street from that Starbucks, in the exact same building as that Starbucks, there was -- a Starbucks. I looked back and forth, thinking the sun was playing tricks with my eyes. That there was a Starbucks across from a Starbucks -- and that, my friends, is the end of the universe.
 
YixilTesiphon
2012-01-31 11:58:20 AM
jimpoz: I've seen the end of the universe, and it happens to be in the United States and, oddly enough, it's in Houston, Texas. I know -- I was shocked, too. Imagine my surprise when I left a comedy club one day and walked to the end of the block, and there on one corner was a Starbucks, and across the street from that Starbucks, in the exact same building as that Starbucks, there was -- a Starbucks. I looked back and forth, thinking the sun was playing tricks with my eyes. That there was a Starbucks across from a Starbucks -- and that, my friends, is the end of the universe.

Shepherd and West Gray. Drive by it every week. One of them was undergoing remodeling, and put up a form banner that said "Starbucks is being renovated to better serve you. The nearest Starbucks is located at ________"

I am sure the person who filled in "ACROSS THE STREET" in the blank was amused.
 
bigmattress
2012-01-31 05:40:00 PM
jimpoz: I've seen the end of the universe, and it happens to be in the United States and, oddly enough, it's in Houston, Texas. I know -- I was shocked, too. Imagine my surprise when I left a comedy club one day and walked to the end of the block, and there on one corner was a Starbucks, and across the street from that Starbucks, in the exact same building as that Starbucks, there was -- a Starbucks. I looked back and forth, thinking the sun was playing tricks with my eyes. That there was a Starbucks across from a Starbucks -- and that, my friends, is the end of the universe.

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89 Stick-Up Kid
2012-02-01 11:44:10 AM
Starbucks and Howard Schultz can DIAF.
 
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