Streetlevel: A Starbucks on Every Corner?
How many Starbucks locations are there in Brooklyn at present? 21. How many will there be in three years? About 100. At yesterday’s quarterly Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable luncheon at the Brooklyn Historical Society, the coffee giant’s real estate broker in Brooklyn noted that the company was planning to open 25 stores a year for…
How many Starbucks locations are there in Brooklyn at present? 21. How many will there be in three years? About 100. At yesterday’s quarterly Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable luncheon at the Brooklyn Historical Society, the coffee giant’s real estate broker in Brooklyn noted that the company was planning to open 25 stores a year for the next three years and that, given the recent transformation of Brooklyn, its expansion was “not precluded from any neighborhood.” (The recently-opened location in Brighton Beach, for example, has been a big success.) Hey, maybe Crown Heights will get its day in the services sun after all? Clinton Hill, Bed Stuy and PLG are also lacking, for that matter.
Yes, Ozzie’s is not very good. Gorilla is awesome, but needs to improve customer service, like HIRE another coffer maker (i.e. barista). My dream is to open a coffee shop on 5th Avenue…
i think ozzie’s and gorrila could keep a starbucks at bay on 5th avenue.
there would be so much protest.
5th ave needs a starbucks in north slope. ozzie’s is gross and gorilla can’t serve people fast enough. I won’t stand in line for 30 min for a cup of coffee just cause you think starbucks is evil.
Lacking??? In BedStuy we are lucky there is no Starbucks! Keep starbucks the Hell out of my nieghborhood! We like locals!
Do you all think 5th Avenue will be able to keep Starbucks at bay? Or will one move in soon?
HEY–I could give a shit if they were Mother Theresa. I think their coffee sucks big time. That is why I do not buy it. But, I guess the majority of the American population disagrees, which is why the chain is so popular. Viva Starbucks! Keep getting fat America!
Ozzie’s coffee sucks. You are on crack, 7:19. Their coffee is completely flavorless. And their employees humorless.
Gorilla Coffee is the best. Ozzie’s doesn’t even compare.
As for Starbucks, as others have pointed out, they are a completely responsible corporation. It’s good to reward good corporations. Otherwise what’s the incentive for any other corporations to do better? What, you think all corporations will disappear? Sorry, I’d rather not live in the apocolyptic dreamworld you all envision as being so wonderful.
Starbucks is a great company! They even give their employees who work part-time benefits.
Both Ozzy’s and Gorilla (5th ave) are far superior to Starbucks in terms of quality of coffee and taste. Period. Hell, Dunkin Donuts coffee is better than Starbucks coffee.