Chicagoist: All Starbucks Closing Tonight for 3 Hours, Apocalypse Imminent

Pinko

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:41:26 -0600

I know I'm the only person on Chicagoist who reads that rag, the Redeye, so I thought I'd point out that some-time Chicagoist poster, Mandy O'Reilly, was quoted in today's edition regarding the Starbucks closings. Classic...

joseph_dunphy_in_chicago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:17:28 -0600

Oops. I see that urls don't create links on this site. Maybe this will work? Those Yelp Reviews I just tried to link to Yes, it seems to.

joseph_dunphy_in_chicago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:09:56 -0600

It's what you like, I guess. I'd suggest the Bourgeois Pig Cafe, instead. http://www.yelp.com/biz/bourgeois-pig-cafe-chicago#hrid:MzgMMBxeUMUdQJZ1fyRY1w The Millenium Park place seems a little too yuppified and touristy for my tastes. Sure, the Pig has the Rachael Ray was here banner outside, but you get inside and its the same neighborhood place it always was. Oh, and peteypants - the Irish drink tea, too. You might want to be careful with that line in this town. :)

peteypants

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:24:40 -0600

tea? go back to england, jeeves.

Vermin

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:07:51 -0600

What about the great Argo Tea?!

Vermin

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:07:42 -0600

What about the great Argo Tea?!

quicksloth

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:39:24 -0600

Lavazza does brew some of the best drip coffee I've had in the city. They are also one of the few cafes that manages to get my Americano right most of the time. Dunkin and Starbucks sell dirty dishwater and dirty dishwater with steamed milk. Weak, bitter swill indeed.

dj_skilz

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:20:11 -0600

We need more Lavazza's. To bad their existing locations are scarce, and hours suck. They would wipe the slate on taste if given the same presence Starbucks/DD's enjoys. Starbucks is ok in a pinch, but getting my espresso from a true Italian source is my preferred choice ;-) Lavazza > (Intelligentsia + Illy + Starbucks + Caribou) IMO

Rachelle Bowden

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:56:15 -0600

on the dunkin site it says the lattes are 99 cents, i just saw a tv ad that says they're free..

literati

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:16:38 -0600

How has no one linked to this yet? http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28657

peteypants

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:55:23 -0600

sweet. i totally scooped chicagoist on this story on my blog (if you don't count the trib). also, why is everyone so gay for intelligentsia? lavazza is so much better.

Marcus Gilmer

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:48:42 -0600

Dammit! Where else can I go write my screenplay?

MM

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:28:40 -0600

I see it was just corrected :)

MM

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21:35 -0600

Like the post, and the graphic is great, but you probably meant "imminent", right?