Posted by TheShot on 16 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Foreign Brew
Established on this spot in 1955, Paolina’s operated as Carmel’s oldest running Italian restaurant for over 50 years. It was little more than a cafeteria-style indoor food counter, though they used a decorative, three-group, manual, brass eagle Rancilio machine with “Paolina’s” detailed on the back. The espresso may not have been memorable, but their machine [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 15 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Foreign Brew, Local Brew
Most people have their favorite local getaways. Mine, among many other Bay Area locals, happens to be the Monterey Peninsula — i.e., the Pacific Grove/Carmel/Monterey region. It’s a great place to kick back for a relaxing weekend, along the sea, away from the S.F. crowds, near the natural splendor of Big Sur and the protected [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 18 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Consumer Trends, Foreign Brew, Quality Issues, Starbucks
Here’s another example of a story that started out small and then exploded into a global news item over the past couple of days: McClatchy Washington Bureau | 01/16/2007 | Campaign under way to evict Starbucks from Forbidden City. At first, I passed on it — wanting to give the tiresome Starbucks issue a rest [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 11 Jul 2006 | Tagged as: Consumer Trends
Today’s Washington Post published an article telling the tale of a small, independent coffee shop that succumbed to consumer preferences for big national chains: Quick and Easy Killed the Coffee Shop. The demise of Sirius Coffee in D.C. is a tale told all too often. But, despite the author’s point about the trap of consumer [...]
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