coffee-shops

Three Topless Female Coffee Shop Employees Cited
It seems that uniforms were optional at a Vietnamese coffee shop in San Jose, Calif., where three female employees were cited after they reportedly were caught serving customers while topless. Cited on suspicion of public nudity, but not arrested, the women will be forced to appear in criminal court. More »

Never Click On "Free Public Wifi"
When you're cruising for a hotspot at a coffee shop, never click on the "Free Public Wifi" wireless network. "Free Public Wifi" is a Windows XP quirk; when a computer can't find any of its favorite networks it creates a network on-the-fly, but it doesn't go anywhere. At best, you'll never connect to the internet. At worst, you could be exposing your computer to hackers. More »

Coffee Shop Owner Uses Twitter To Ban Breastfeeding In His Store, Seems Surprised By Reaction
Yesterday, a coffee shop called The DoubleShot in Tulsa, OK sent out a tweet announcing that breastfeeding was now banned on the premises: "Notice: No breastfeeding at the DoubleShot. Thank you." (The tweet has since been removed, but a tipster saved it for us.) This set off a torrent of angry reactions on Twitter, partly because everyone loves to fight about breastfeeding and partly because it's World Breastfeeding Week. More »

Coffee Shop Owner Throws Cop Out Of Joint Because He's A Cop
Many small businesses like to have police officers as clientele because their presence is a deterrent to would-be criminals, but a Portland, Ore. coffee shop owner threw a cop out of his shop because he feared the officer would start a game of Taser tag. More »

My Starbucks Had No Salt
Orlando Sentinel consumer advocate Greg Dawson was disappointed to discover Starbucks had no salt for his hard-boiled egg. The barista told him that he needed to head to some other place if he wanted to get his salt on. More »

Coffee Shop Bans Lunchtime Laptop Users

—>Patrons working on laptops are a fixture of coffee shops, and with electric outlets and free wi-fi, shops aren't exactly discouraging students and, uh, professional bloggers from hanging out there. Until now.  More »

Meet The First Stealth Starbucks: Seattle's 15th Avenue Coffee and Tea

—>A few weeks ago, we shared a story about Starbucks opening new stores that are not branded "Starbucks." The idea is to recreate the flavor and feel of the independent coffeehouses your neighborhood used to have before Starbucks came along. Shortly after that, the first non-Starbucks Starbucks, 15th Avenue E Coffee and Tea in Seattle, opened for business. What's it like?  More »

Economy Thwarts Man's Goal Of Visiting Every Starbucks On Planet

—>I was impressed when I heard that someone managed to visit every Starbucks store in Manhattan in one day. There were 171 at the time. Then I learned about Winter, who takes Starbucks-visiting to a whole new level, aiming to visit every Starbucks in the world (9,000 to date.) Not in a single day, or even in a single year, but still an ambitious goal that attracts some media attention.  More »

Want A Thriving Coffee Shop? Open Next To A Starbucks
The funny thing about Starbucks is it's helped to create a coffee culture filled with a significant number of people who don't actually like Starbucks—which means that, despite conventional wisdom, it's actually a good thing to be a mom & pop coffee shop with a Starbucks nearby, writes Slate. More »

Get Permission To Use That WiFi Hotspot, Or You Are Committing A Felony

—>Michigan charged Sam Peterson II with a felony for accessing a coffee-shop's WiFi network from his car over several weeks. The police visited Sam's car after a barber next to the coffee-shop mistook Sam for a stalker.  More »