I’m out of town, but a citizen journalist has passed on this business scoop: Starbucks is coming to the vacant Arby’s drive-through in the Pine Creek Shopping Center in Grass Valley.
A sign is on the side of the building confirming the deal. Though rumored, this marks the first official confirmation.
Starbucks will relocate from its previous location in Pine Creek to the drive-through location. In this case, the permitting is minimal.
It’s a welcome switch. The empty Arby’s building has become an eyesore, in full view from the freeway.
It’s a big, open space, so you can envision couches and chairs and reading material, including Sierra FoodWineArt magazine.
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Great!! It’ll be across the street……..
……from Starbucks!
Sorry, didn’t see the relocation part. I thought it was going to be like S.F. where there can be a Starbucks on all four corners of an intersection.
LOL. Welcome back home!
A nice and welcomed switch in my opinion. Better to have a stable business in such a prime location.
Thanks Ian. I agree.
Mocha Frappacino on any streetcorner or storefront is beautiful from Starbucks!
Not a Starbucks fan, so do not see any advantage in this move. What Iwould really like to see at the old Arbys is another Jimboys, Panda Espress, or Long John Silvers. Think any would do well there, but Starbucks will likely lose busines from this change of location.
I was dreaming of In & Out moving in there.
yuck
Mmmmmm, double-double!!!!!
Great idea . . .
Let’s replace the last crappy, cheap, fast-food store with another fast-food store that serves crappy food and contributes to the feedlot existence of the cheap lives of cattle, pork, and chickens.
Such food has done wonders for the aforementioned quality of life of said animals, their wastes are so helpful, monoculture farms using chemical fertilizers, pesticides and GMOs, and we can just keep churning out obese and diabetic riddled Americans.
Wow, why didn’t I think of that?
Speaking of great ideas… do you have any… Peter?
Did you miss the idea previously put forth that fast food establishments are a blight on the planet?
The bright idea is to expose the inanity of the status quo of mindless consumption; there isn’t a better example than fast food.
How bright does one need to be to see, acknowledge, and change?
And, ….Jon, since you asked, I espouse that all need to learn to grow their own food – since the process will teach appreciation of the natural world – and instill respect for plant and animal life that a ‘fast food’ culture doesn’t have.
Now how about you Jon, do you have any great ideas?
We have an incredible coffeehouse here in Quincy. Smart, free trade…husband and wife team. She is probably one of the most incredible bakers I’ve encountered. Dunns Coffee, Quincy. They are a quintessential 21st century small town business. I’ve spoken to the owner once or twice–extremely knowledgable on a range of issues–urbane, funny. Peter, you and he would be in Dunns talking for at least a week straight:)
Sounds awesome, thanks for putting the spotlight on such an establishment – just what we need more of!
First of all Peter I wouldn’t be a good sustainable customer for In & Out but every once in a while… I enjoy it. Like anything when done in moderation, one usually sees little harm. I’ve grown my own food (presently ‘cheat’ through Riverhill’s CSA and Briarpatch), am not obese by any definition, and will put my knowledge of the natural world, especially when it comes to growing plant material against yours at any given opportunity. If I was truly to dream I’d bulldoze that whole corner along with the lot across that frontage Road and put in a park with a indoor gym.
Wow, Jon,
How do you want to put your knowledge “against” mine?
I’ll also put my Special Forces experience “against” anything you’ve got as far as being a wise-ass or competent in a variety of tasks – including “growing plant material.” Any given opportunity? Name it, smart guy.
Seems like the comment about obesity and diabetes irked you some. The context of the comment was about fast food and those who avail themselves too often, NOT about you. Would you like to argue that fast food is not a problem with many facets?
You can “dream” of In & Out all you want – by patronizing such establishments, however infrequently, you contribute demand for a product that proliferates suffering on the planet.
You should be so proud.
Coffee beans just hit a 14 year high and with both Brazil and Columbia having poor yields the future holds nothing but pain for us caffeine junkies. Combined with the crappy economy I think Starbucks is anything but “stable”.
For long term stability, even growth, my vote goes to IN & Out, Victoria Secret or a medicinal herb co-op.
I vote for anything that doesn’t involve Charlie Sheen and a crack pipe:)
“Coffee’s a fruit.”
Robert DiNiro, from the film “Jackknife”.
Two syllables, WiFi.
I have nothing against coffee, love it, brew my own, just don’t like Starbuck prices, nothing much to go with coffee but pastries, which I seldom eat, not due to fat and sugar (though full of both) but just don’t like them. In defense of fast food, which is franchised, it is generally clean as owners of individual restaurants must adhere to specific criteria, and cheap. If you walked through the kitchens of some mom and pop restaurants, you wouldn’t eat there, and last I heard, economic times are tough and a lot of people are out of work, so cheap is important. So far as growing your own food, fine, but doesn’t work too well for city dwellers with no where to grow it. If you live in Grass Valley now, it is possible to keep a few chickens though, if you have the space.
Sorry Saint Peter if my plant knowledge challenge irked you. It was probably a ill advised response that maybe should have stated you’re speaking to the choir on this issue. It’s not the fast food, the cigarettes, alcohol or other drugs that are the problem, though. It’s the education level of our fellow citizens. We over consume most everything. Your arrogance proliferates suffering on the planet… too.
Funny, but when your “challenge” was answered, all you could do was resort to stale ad hominem tack.
You’d be better served by losing the hypocrisy as to arrogance – “Twas you Jon that flouted the arrogance – I simply challenged it. My credentials and results speak for themselves. Would you like to see my DD214? It seems like rather than my being “arrogant” that you are the manifestation of an inferiority complex.
“It’s not the fast food, the cigarettes, alcohol or other drugs that are the problem, though. It’s the education level of our fellow citizens.” – Close Jon, but not quite. You’ve created a dichotomy that is inappropriate to the context. I happily agree that education is sorely lacking – but that hardly eliminates that fast food, etc. are problems as well; neither exists in a vacuum. Lots o’ “educated” people will partake in habits that contradict both education or intelligence.
Still awaiting your bright idea – or are you just gonna keep on with the dreams of In&Out burgers . . . ?
BTW, imitation is the kindest form of flattery – and it also illustrates your source of original material is suffering.
I’m still dreaming of IN & OUT, Peter. Thanks for the laughs.
Ditto on the laughs.
Still am waiting on how you want to demonstrate your superior “growing plant material” claim. Just ‘cuz you run a seed store means nothing. Excepting your little original hissy fit, much of our “choir” concerns overlap.