Quoteables: "Meet me at Starbucks"
So, Peter and I were at the El Cerito Plaza (the one with three Starbucks in that one plaza) when I remembered how Starbucks saturation is at the point where there are places in downtown San Francisco where you can turn 360° and see three or four Starbucks. In fact, Starbucks has become a cancer upon the landscape; in many places, the café culture has become notably subdued on account of Starbucks putting local cafés out of business. Starbucks has no character– they're all clones; seen one, seen them all. I'd much prefer local cafés to cultivate their own character, to have local flavor. . . but I digress. . .
Upon walking in front of one of the three starbucks in El Cerito Grande plaza, Peter remarked:
"You know what? 'Meet me at Starbucks' is now totally meaningless."
BTW, there are 20 starbucks in the map below. That's only a handful of SF city blocks, folks!