Local Village Mom and Pop coffee vendors to remain open

author said:

I have seen the owner of Village Coffee spend 10 minutes trying to calm down an obviously mentally 
disturbed man before having an employee call the police


I am not mentally disturbed. I had four cups of coffee that morning and the caffeine made me a bit jumpy.

Village Coffee serves de caf which tastes fair to middling. Also should you need somewhat of caffeine zing,

they even serve a coffee that is half and half.   They have no Barristas and they do not write your name

on the lid of your coffee as the staff knows 90% of their customers

If he gets a quiet lull the owner is more than happy to sit with you and discuss cabbages and kings

Again try the chai marsalla.  It will change your life.

author said:
Village Coffee serves de caf which tastes fair to middling. Also should you need somewhat of caffeine zing,


they even serve a coffee that is half and half.   They have no Barristas and they do not write your name


on the lid of your coffee as the staff knows 90% of their customers


If he gets a quiet lull the owner is more than happy to sit with you and discuss cabbages and kings


Again try the chai marsalla.  It will change your life.

I don't normally frequent Starbucks, but back in 2013 when I was running the food operation for First Night, I approached the Sloan St. store to see if they'd donate some coffee to the event. The young store manager couldn't have been more receptive, and Starbuck's sent enough brew, cups, stirrers, sweeteners, and (even) napkins to last all evening. FREE. GRATIS...  

-s.

BTW: It's no big thing, but when I asked her whether she'd get in trouble with Corporate for the largess, she laughed, telling me, "We're always looking for ways to give back to the community!" Just. sayin'...

soda said:
I don't normally frequent Starbucks, but back in 2013 when I was running the food operation for First Night, I approached the Sloan St. store to see if they'd donate some coffee to the event. The young store manager couldn't have been more receptive, and Starbuck's sent enough brew, cups, stirrers, sweeteners, and (even) napkins to last all evening. FREE. GRATIS...  
-s.
BTW: It's no big thing, but when I asked her whether she'd get in trouble with Corporate for the largess, she laughed, telling me, "We're always looking for ways to give back to the community!" Just. sayin'...

 Laudable

Here is the problem with the OP and all the comments thereafter that author is making and why so many posters are saying this thread should die and is ridiculous. When author is called out on the fact that racism exists all over including this town (which by way has a newly appointed police captain because of this and that my friend is as public as can be) he defaults to blaming Starbucks management somehow for the Philadelphia incident. When he's called out on that fact then he whines that Starbucks is serving our kids sweet drinks. Hmmm. Does Village Coffee still have that attractive display of cookies as soon as one walks in?  Every rational poster on this thread - which basically from my reading includes everyone but the OP - has shown why the purpose of starting this thread is stupid, biased and should just go away. 

My experience is that when people around here receive bad service or perceive the most minor of slights, they run to MOL and/or FB SOMa lounge to report it.

 I don't know much about the Starbucks incident but this is a profound truth about MOL.

wendy said:
Here is the problem with the OP and all the comments thereafter that author is making and why so many posters are saying this thread should die and is ridiculous. When author is called out on the fact that racism exists all over including this town (which by way has a newly appointed police captain because of this and that my friend is as public as can be) he defaults to blaming Starbucks management somehow for the Philadelphia incident. When he's called out on that fact then he whines that Starbucks is serving our kids sweet drinks. Hmmm. Does Village Coffee still have that attractive display of cookies as soon as one walks in?  Every rational poster on this thread - which basically from my reading includes everyone but the OP - has shown why the purpose of starting this thread is stupid, biased and should just go away. 

 Wendy....If our new police chief manages to do away with your all pervasive racism....he will have managed an act of God.  That is above his pay grade.

The cookies in Village Coffee come daily from Cait and Abbey's .  They know better than to turn their

vulnerable customers into diabetics

author said:

The cookies in Village Coffee come daily from Cait and Abbey's .  They know better than to turn their
vulnerable customers into diabetics

 what a disappointment to learn the cookies there are sugar-free.

ml1 said:

author said:

The cookies in Village Coffee come daily from Cait and Abbey's .  They know better than to turn their
vulnerable customers into diabetics

 what a disappointment to learn the cookies there are sugar-free.

 I never said that.  Some I am sure are backed using reasonable amount of sweatening agent

However search as you will you won't find anything deleterious to your health in Village Coffee

Can Starpacks make the same claim

And going further.......Village Coffee which is a real restaurant features the liberal use of tumeric. which

is one of the healthiest agents known

I don’t know the sugar content of Cait and Abby’s cookies, but for a comparison: Those sweet 16-ounce Starbucks drinks typically contain about 50 grams of sugar. That’s the equivalent of 11 Oreos.

Why does Village Coffee import cookies from out of Town. There are great cookies available from Able Baker.

I do not know the sugar content of products at Village Coffee but I found the salt content to be too high.

LOST said:
Why does Village Coffee import cookies from out of Town. There are great cookies available from Able Baker.

 The Baker is Able. The Baker is Busy. The Baker is not Dumb.

DaveSchmidt said:
I don’t know the sugar content of Cait and Abby’s cookies, but for a comparison: Those sweet 16-ounce Starbucks drinks typically contain about 50 grams of sugar. That’s the equivalent of 11 Oreos.

 and no one ever ate 11 Oreos at once. 

Personally I have no problem with kids eating cookies or cake or having a Frappucino. Maybe that made me a bad parent. But if a person is going to rail against kids eating sugar, I don't think they should be touting cookies as a substitute for sugared drinks. 

ml1 said:

DaveSchmidt said:
I don’t know the sugar content of Cait and Abby’s cookies, but for a comparison: Those sweet 16-ounce Starbucks drinks typically contain about 50 grams of sugar. That’s the equivalent of 11 Oreos.

 and no one ever ate 11 Oreos at once. 

 My first reaction was, "In other words, a serving size."

ml1 said:

 and no one ever ate 11 Oreos at once.

I’m no doctor, but I wouldn’t recommend making it an after-school habit, which is closer to the point.

DaveSchmidt said:

ml1 said:
 and no one ever ate 11 Oreos at once.

I’m no doctor, but I wouldn’t recommend making it an after-school habit, which is closer to the point.

 A 12oz can of Coke has 39g of sugar, according to the label.  If a 16oz Starbucks has about 50, then ounce-for-ounce they're equivalent.  So if someone wants to be against cans and bottles of soda, that's fine, but if they're only against the sugar if it's in a Starbucks, that's not based on nutrition.

nohero said:

DaveSchmidt said:

ml1 said:
 and no one ever ate 11 Oreos at once.

I’m no doctor, but I wouldn’t recommend making it an after-school habit, which is closer to the point.

 A 12oz can of Coke has 39g of sugar, according to the label.  If a 16oz Starbucks has about 50, then ounce-for-ounce they're equivalent.  So if someone wants to be against cans and bottles of soda, that's fine, but if they're only against the sugar if it's in a Starbucks, that's not based on nutrition.

 It's based on Starbuckism - a strange form of bias which reveals its ugly form only when a progressive corporate entity that serves a product many enjoy moves into a large building that many now enjoy over the prior bomb shelter edifice and which puts itself in competition with other coffee places in town where at least one consumer of such place also happens to reside.

I only drink coffee at home but just based on the recent actions and decision by Starbucks I just may pop in there and make a purchase there.

Wendy Lauter

DaveSchmidt said:

ml1 said:
 and no one ever ate 11 Oreos at once.

I’m no doctor, but I wouldn’t recommend making it an after-school habit, which is closer to the point.

Actually my point was that anyone concerned about kids' sugar intake shouldn't be recommending cookies, even if they are baked at a well-liked local bakery.  As nohero points out, we're talking about a person who has no issue with sugared calorie-laden food unless it's sold by Starbucks.  Which is kind of an absurd position to take.  If kids shouldn't drink a Frappucino after school, why is it ok to have a milkshake at the Hershey store or sundae at Strawberry Fields?

ml1 said:

Actually my point was that anyone concerned about kids' sugar intake shouldn't be recommending cookies, even if they are baked at a well-liked local bakery.  As nohero points out, we're talking about a person who has no issue with sugared calorie-laden food unless it's sold by Starbucks.  Which is kind of an absurd position to take.  If kids shouldn't drink a Frappucino after school, why is it ok to have a milkshake at the Hershey store or sundae at Strawberry Fields?

I guess the assumption — or, at least, worry — is that kids don’t think of their frequent Frappucinos the way they think of their milkshake and sundae special treats. It’s the same assumption and/or worry behind the push for soda taxes and size restrictions (which cities have so far resisted applying, for reasons defying the logic of the sugar comparisons here, to cakes and cookies). 

the Starbucks menu board lists the calories next to every item.  I'm pretty sure even a teen is well aware of the caloric intake associated with a Frappucino.

and no one ever ordered a Frappucino while ignoring the calorie listings.

Are you suggesting that somehow teens are being duped into thinking a giant, super sweet milk-based drink, covered in whipped cream and sugar syrup is just like  having a black coffee?

ml1 said:
Are you suggesting that somehow teens are being duped into thinking a giant, super sweet milk-based drink, covered in whipped cream and sugar syrup is just like  having a black coffee?

 To be fair, that strategy works on adults.

I guess I just find it absurd that we had ice cream, bakeries, frozen yogurt, pizza joints, etc. in the village for years.  All serving predominantly high-calorie snacks, many of them laden with sugar.  But a few people go nuts over Starbucks, which posts nutritional information right on the menu, and serves predominantly low-calorie and even no-calorie beverages.

ml1 said:
Are you suggesting that somehow teens are being duped into thinking a giant, super sweet milk-based drink, covered in whipped cream and sugar syrup is just like  having a black coffee?

No more than they’re being duped into thinking a daily 20-ounce Coke for lunch is just like having a Dasani.

My observation was simply that holding a Starbucks critic to some similar obligation to disdain a cafe’s cookies doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.

DaveSchmidt said:

ml1 said:
Are you suggesting that somehow teens are being duped into thinking a giant, super sweet milk-based drink, covered in whipped cream and sugar syrup is just like  having a black coffee?

No more than they’re being duped into thinking a daily 20-ounce Coke for lunch is just like having a Dasani.
My observation was simply that holding a Starbucks critic to some similar obligation to disdain a cafe’s cookies doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.

 he was not just "not disdaining" them.  He was touting them as a healthy snack.

ml1 said:

 he was not just "not disdaining" them.  He was touting them as a healthy snack.

Daily kids’ special at Village Coffee: Cait and Abby’s cookies! Not deleterious to your health! Ask for a sprinkle of complimentary tumeric!

Now is it 11 regular or mini size Oreos? 

ElizMcCord said:
Now is it 11 regular or mini size Oreos? 

Who would waste time eating 11 mini Oreos in one sitting?