The Starbucks Borg Evolves

by E. Magnuson — A Seattleite visits a newly launched "Inspired by Starbucks" café — so you don't have to. With too little authenticity and too much dark wood and orange velvet, these soulless new shops may leave a bad taste in America's collective mouth.

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