On the way back to home, stopped over at Chick-fil-A at Boise.
I was battling to go or not (since the Chick-fil-A Bellevue store did open at the next day) but glad I had it at Boise.
It is NOT easy to have a Chick-fil-A in Bellevue even after near a month since store opened.
2015
2015.4
Just found out Ezell’s Chicken truck stops at Microsoft Redmond campus once in a week just in front of my building 🙂 (It stops on Mondays at area between Studio C & Building 92)
Has been years since last try – so it was definitely a good trial but price was not great! 🙂
2015.3
Starbuck’s response to it being too generic. As a business man, I highly regard their effort to keep the market position and making the pie bigger, but it hurts my wallet 🙂
1124 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101
소문난 가게인 시애틀의 Starbucks Reserve Roastery & Tasting Room을 우연한 계기로 드디어 직접 방문..
나름 Starbucks의 차별화된 brand(aka Toyota의 Nexus), 특이한 setting과 고급화된 coffee로 Flagship Store를 지향한것 같은데, 여러 생각이 들었다.
– 그냥 커피 미니 공장을 도심에 차렸구나, 가내 수공업으로의 귀환인가?
– 스타벅스도 먹고 살기 힘들구나 근데 이 비싼동네에 공장을 겸비한 가게를 운영하려면 가게 P&L은 나올까?
한편 너무 일반화되어가는 – 그래서 동네의 중소규모 roastery에 시장을 잃어가는- 현상에 대한 Starbucks의 전략인듯 싶다. (요즘 Starbucks는 재미난걸 많이 하는듯 한참전의 mini espresso 머신 장사, 얼마전부터 promotion하는 Flat White부터해서(맛은 괜찮다만 Latte보다 1불을 더받으면?) 오늘 email을 보니 coffee subscription까지 시작해주셨다)
암튼 서설이 너무 길었고 뭐 값은 비싼데 coffee맛은 별 차이를 잘 모르겠다.. 🙂
2015.2
Look! The smily face is still there at 5th floor 🙂
지난주 작은 녀석 여권 갱신차 오랜만에 Seattle에 들어가주시면서 옛날 사무실이었던 Westlake office를 지나갔다. 옛날 내자리 창가에 붙여놨던 Post it 작품은 아직 누가 떼지는 않았네? ㅎㅎ
2015.2
Maybe after 30 hours of time devotion, finally made it – My eyes & brains are about to be blowed out
A bit expensive but good place…
2015.1
This was absolutely the best chicken I had in years in Seattle with beautiful price as well. Surprisingly this is Vietnamese chicken but definitely worthwhile to drive & eat.
1207 S Jackson St Ste 101, Seattle, WA 98144
2015.1
Looks like a great coffee place from Starbucks – but to me 🙂 it looks like Starbuck’s endless effort to make coffee upscale or let’s say it is “increasing the size of the pie”
Anyhow, a tall latte is getting closer to 2 times expensive than one gallon of gas from Costco.. 🙂
Seattle시내에 Starbucks에서 야심차게 준비한듯한 공장같은 Flagship Store을 열고 운영하고 Coffee가 맛있다고 소문이나서 동네 사람들이 다들 한번씩 가보는 분위기…. 난 아직 못가고 마나님께서 To-Go해오신 Coffee만 한잔 맛봐주심…
언제 한번 가봐야할텐데…..-_-;
http://roastery.starbucks.com/#home
2015.1
I don’t know how many times I have walked in this building since Jan 1. 😦
1500 116th Ave Ne, Bellevue, WA 98004
2015.1
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