Today, Starbucks opens a new upscale flagship retail location in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood called the Starbucks Reserve Roastery & Tasting Room. The company has its sights set on the higher-end coffee clientele, and this store is the first foray into that field. Starbucks is set to open 1,500 smaller versions of this Starbucks Reserve location. You can read the story here.
Wall Street Journal reporter Joel Millman informed the rest of the world about our plethora of “bikini barista” coffee shacks here in the Pacific Northwest and wrote a nice story in the process. Read the story here on the Journal’s website (login required, but hint: Google “WSJ bikini barista” and you can read the story) or just watch the short video below with Joel talking a little bit about the story. Some of my pictures are also below. Thanks for looking.
A barista is pictured while serving a customer at Java Juggs in Everett, Washington on January 18, 2014. Stands like Java Juggs, which features scantily clad workers, are common throughout the Pacific Northwest. CREDIT: David Ryder for The Wall Street Journal
Bikini barista espresso stand owner Carmela Panico (left) appears in court via a video stream from the Snohomish County Jail, with her attorney Gil Levy (right), as seen on a screen in a Snohomish County courtroom in Everett, Washington on January 17, 2014. Panico was arrested for witness tampering and intimidation in relation to an ongoing police probe into prostitution connected to her bikini barista espresso businesses. CREDIT: David Ryder for The Wall Street Journal
Bikini barista espresso stand owner Carmela Panico (left) appears in court via a video stream from the Snohomish County Jail, with her attorney Gil Levy (right), as seen on a screen in a Snohomish County courtroom in Everett, Washington on January 17, 2014. Panico was arrested for witness tampering and intimidation in relation to an ongoing police probe into prostitution connected to her bikini barista espresso businesses. CREDIT: David Ryder for The Wall Street Journal
A barista is pictured while serving a customer at Java Juggs in Everett, Washington on January 18, 2014. Stands like Java Juggs, which features scantily clad workers, are common throughout the Pacific Northwest. CREDIT: David Ryder for The Wall Street Journal
The exterior of Twin Peaks, a bikini barista espresso stand, is pictured in Kent, Washington on January 17, 2014. Stands like Twin Peaks, which features scantily clad workers, are common throughout the Pacific Northwest. CREDIT: David Ryder for The Wall Street Journal
A sign for Java Juggs, a bikini barista espresso stand, is pictured in Everett, Washington on January 17, 2014. Stands like Java Juggs, which features scantily clad workers, are common throughout the Pacific Northwest. CREDIT: David Ryder for The Wall Street Journal