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Originally Posted by arbyunc
Yep. One of our local coffee shops had t-shirts that read "Friends don't let friends drink Starbucks." Wish I had bought one before they were forced out of business, in part by the Starbucks that opened down the street.
I know of a couple of instances, in South Jersey, where good local, non-chain coffee houses killed Starbucks.
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Coffee houses are really a staple in the eastern part of our country, but not in huge quantities. The coffee houses in Greenwich Village in NYC were written about & talked about in the 50s. The Main Point, in Bryn Mawr, outside of Philadelphia was well known for performances by rock, folk, & blue grass performers.
Starbucks is sort of the McDonalds of coffee houses.
For instance, Ingles has Starbucks in some of the stores. There is no Starbucks in the Kings Mountain Ingles because there is a nice non-chain coffee house downtown.
Central Coffee on Central & Louise has the most killer coffee I've ever had in Charlotte.
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