An interesting part of doing these reviews is people watching in the various kinds of restaurants. A BBQ crowd is in many ways similar to a Mexican restaurant crowd, but those are very different from folks you find at a taco truck. I've been to our three area Starbucks, and not surprisingly it's a group with a very different feel from other places. In this one in particular I felt like I was in Seattle, except for the accents. Focused students, earnest real estate people closing deals, the distinct caffeine buzz--it's all there. Travel without traveling.
Stopped in to the one at Rayford and Kuykendall today for a light lunch. I had the turkey and swiss protein
box, some Emmy's Dark Cacao Coconut cookies, and a Teavana shaken iced
tea.
I like the coffee products at Starbucks, but I have not had
tea there and wanted to see if they could elevate ordinary black tea.
Answer: Yes, a little. I could see that the iced tea was shaken, it
had a little head on it. The areation actually does make some
difference to the flavor, but in the end it's iced tea that's been
shaken. Back to the coffee products for me.
The protein box was a
nice healthy bite--little turkey and swiss sandwiches with very sweet
red peppers, some carrot sticks and apples. Fine. The cookies were
pretty good, I would get those again. But in the end, at Starbucks the
coffee is fresh and made on site, while all the food is highly curated
packaged product. Consistent but not wonderful.
Service was
pretty good--reasonably polite. I did have to wait just a bit longer
than one would think necessary for a shaken glass of tea, but not too
bad. The wifi was working well even though several people were using
it, many streaming with multiple devices. I gave it the Pokemon Go test
(they are a sponsor) and it worked just fine.
The two unisex
restrooms (a good idea in my book) were plenty clean for a Saturday
noon. If you like Starbucks you'll like this one.
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