Starbucks

I’m always happy to find a Starbucks that I like. I was happy to find friendly and competent baristas who chatted me up as I waited on my aforementioned chai tea. It seems that this is a popular hot-spot with regulars, and the baristas remember customers—even me, as I visited two days in a row with the same menu request: chai tea and a raspberry scone.

The interior seems smaller than other Starbucks that I frequent, but it is clean and well-tended. The standard Starbucks menu fare is available. I am partial to the tea, but the cinnamon dolce coffee is another one of my favorites when the mood strikes me. Even with a line of waiting customers, the baristas were efficient, polite, and quick.

I went with friends for a quick afternoon caffeine pick-me-up and noticed that the seats were all taken with sociable patrons eating some of the newer menu items, such as panini or organic yogurts. I spent some time perusing the sale items, like various mugs and holiday items left over from Christmas. There weren’t as many retail items on sale as compared to other Starbucks franchises I’ve visited, but there was enough to pique my interest and motivate me to spend an additional $5.00 on an aluminum children’s-sized water bottle.

Starbucks is committed to providing fresh, organic, and healthy products. With family-friendly options like organic milk and ethical choices like Ethos water, I will definitely be visiting this eatery/ coffee house when I visit that area again. Thanks for a great chai tea, Starbucks!