Is Starbucks a Good Place to Meet Single Women?

I have never heard of such. Starbucks having real food? Like, something better than standard fast "food" level?

Maybe it's a regional thing. Maybe they have whatever menu they think will sell in different areas.

I am not sure what counts as standard fast-food level, because even at Micky D's, food is made to order, at least the burgers, while fries are more likely to be on standby (cooked and ready to serve) at all times. At Starbucks, everything is already prepped, and just needs to be heated in the microwave. I was wondering if Starbucks are franchised. So I looked it up: Starbucks avoids the traditional franchise model by retaining direct ownership of each store and licensing store opportunities to entrepreneurs. But that does not really answer the question of how and if various outlets differ from each other in what they offer for sale aside from coffee. But it surely makes good business sense to sell food with coffee, beyond cookies and scones. Susan Mendelson is a "culinary legend" here, running a very successful high-end catering business, after having started out at some point in her burgeoning career selling coffee and bagels. Any who, like my fellow compatriot @Dino246 I used to eschew Starbucks, though I was not a Timmy's gal, either... no, I preferred Bean Around The World, where I could get free trade organic coffee and maybe a muffin, oh! their early bird muffins were really good, cranberry and orange, very tangy, which was a great start to the day, but I also really liked their Cuban sandwiches for brunch .. I don't know about Timmy's, but Starbucks and Bean Around The World cater to the wired crowd, haha, yeah, wired to coffee but also being firmly ensconced in the plugged in digital age: free wi-fi.

Yeah, no, McDonald's is not good food. I w*rk there and it doesn't matter if it is made fresh if you are using junk to make it. Fresh junk is still junk.

And apparently Starbucks isn't even fresh junk. It's reheated junk. Oh well.

I would like to try that Cuban sandwich from bean around the world though.

So... In keeping with the thread theme... Any nice single ladies at this prayer meeting?

I must've run with the cheapskate Christians. When the ladies had their coffee meetups we metup at Dunkin Donuts. None of this fancy starbucks stuff for us.

@Dino246 I used to eschew Starbucks, though I was not a Timmy's gal, either... no, I preferred Bean Around The World, where I could get free trade organic coffee and maybe a muffin, oh! their early bird muffins were really good, cranberry and orange, very tangy, which was a great start to the day, but I also really liked their Cuban sandwiches for brunch .. I don't know about Timmy's, but Starbucks and Bean Around The World cater to the wired crowd, haha, yeah, wired to coffee but also being firmly ensconced in the plugged in digital age: free wi-fi.

I used to love Dunkin's coffee! McDonald's is good too. Nowadays I find take-out coffee to be too expensive, but maybe this is yet another sage tip in spirit of a past thread (offering to take someone on a date using nearly-expired movie coupons,) as well as trying to seal a deal with someone at Starbucks.

I don't go to Starbucks often, but I can say that for the past 3 years, I've gone at least once a year -- exactly on my birthday.

I'm not into Starbucks coffee but many of my friends and family are. Unless it's changed, you can sign up for their Rewards program, buy gift cards in multi-packs, then give them to your loved ones as gifts.

However, before giving them away, I add the card numbers to my Rewards account. Each time someone uses their card, my account is credited with points. After a while, I might have enough points for a free cup of coffee (sure to impress your date if you offer to "pay" for her.)

And even if you don't rack up enough points, just being part of the Rewards Program (at least for now) means they will load a coupon for a free drink onto your account -- but it can only be used on your actual birthday.

I usually get some unique seasonal flavor or vanilla bean as the old reliable.

I am at Starbucks now Looking at the garbage strewn around on the sidewalk (somebody rifled through it looking for recyclables and now somebody from Starbucks is sweeping it up) and seeing a Tim Horton's coffee cup LOL which I don't know where that came from because I'm pretty sure there is no Timmy's near here. We also have Second Cup and Blendz coffee but neither one of them are as ubiquitous as Starbucks, and if I recall correctly, second cup was mostly in malls and I just don't do that crawl anymore. Come to think of it, I never went shopping and wanted to have a cup of coffee while I was out doing it. Heh.

I certainly don't think of Starbucks as high-end coffee either LOL in fact it's pretty baseline. The reason why I come here is because it's close, and at the other coffee shop in my neighborhood, a large is only 12 oz., and that's just too small!! It is possible it's also more expensive than Starbucks because a 20 oz coffee here is only $3.10 ... I find that quite doable, and considering that my main motivation is to go for a walk and be a little more active than I normally am, $3 is a reasonable price to pay. To tell you the truth it is a major accomplishment for me to get dressed and walk out my door on a day off so yeah it's a good deal for $3.

One of the main reasons why I used to avoid Starbucks in the past is because it is American owned... and it's not that I have anything against America or Americans, it's just that I wanted to support Canadian owned companies. @Dino246

I did ask the barista [who remembered my name, which is amazing!] anyway I asked her where the sandwiches and what not came from and she said she had no idea, and I also asked her if she knew how many were sold daily and she said it was a lot. Then she told me that she used to work at a drive through somewhere else in the city and they sold trays and trays and trays of them every day. It is an all day breakfast here...

I also tried 2 of their breakfast sandwiches on english muffins... they are small and about $5 each and now I'm stuffed and feel like I need a nap so it's time to go home LOL meanwhile I've only drunk about half of my coffee but I'll take it with me...

PS - I am not on the rewards system... yet

That sounds like such a pleasant little venture...

If I had one within walking distance and could get myself something for about $3, I could see myself going there as well.

We have a "Human Bean" drive-thru coffee stand by the road but I can't walk there (it's past
an intersection with a lot of homeless/panhandlers) and they don't have anywhere to sit.

I know Rewards Programs can be a pain to keep track of, but Starbucks can really be good, even if for a irregular
customer like myself. They also regularly send you deals for buy one get one frees or discounts off on certain days.

I think the chances are the same in Starbucks/coffee shops as in anywhere else, like the library, the park, museum, etc. People who go to coffee shops alone usually want alone time or to relax; sometimes they may meet up with a friend or date. So, it really depends what a person is looking for. If the person just wants to be left alone, he/she may be annoyed.

But I am old and give out... I'm not looking for a date.

I am at Starbucks now

Thank you for the detailed replies about Starbucks. They were very enlightening, indeed. I learned a lot, really.

AAAAAH! Please tell me you didn't just call Magenta a man!

I've been meaning to write a post about why it's not okay to refer to a grown woman as "dude." Yes, I agree that I should not have to do that, but you would be surprised.

I can't even count how many times I called random women dude or bro on accident lol. Hanging out with my friends really didn't help me out with that since we always used the terms bro and dude. My grandma definitely didn't appreciate me calling her bro. I got a good verbal scolding on that occasion.

I've been called brother more times than sis on here, but I account it due to my extraordinary intelligence and uncommon wit, which throws everybody off the scent of woman.

You just reminded me of the one time I was called a woman back when I had long hair. Unfortunately my hair is naturally curly so when I was sitting down in a restaurant the waiter who was behind me and taking orders from my family asked what my order was by saying "and what will she have". Naturally she saw the mistake when I faced her with a bushy beard but the pride was already damaged at that point. Lol

@Magenta, are the ladies in your artwork based on real women? If so, is there any chance for a few intros?