Damn you Starbucks! Just as the coffee giant is off raising prices, it goes and starts making plans to sell a lot more booze. But not in the Northeast. Yet. more ›

Have you purchased a tall, black coffee at a Starbucks in Manhattan recently? Of course not, you're slurping a sugared slurry with a caramel drizzle. But for those who do purchase the purest caffeine crutches in the city's best borough, you've seen the price jump from $1.91 after tax to $2.01. My God, since when was everything more expensive in Manhattan? more ›

Woe is Starbucks. The coffee behemoth has had a rough go of things lately—Wolfgang Puck dissed on their crappy brew, (despite their desperate attempts to make it palatable), and the chain is still reeling from the long Chronic Masturbator nightmare. Things continue to get worse for the scrappy mom-and-pop shop today, with the news that the company is being forced to raise drink prices across the Northeast. Yes, that's right, your mocha-choco-sugar free-half-caf-skim-extra hot vanilla latte's going to cost you, kid. more ›

Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck may have numerous restaurants steps away from Starbucks locations at airports, but don't think he likes the java joint's offerings. more ›

The wildly popular Bagel Store (some say it makes the best bagels in Brooklyn) on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg is finally moving from its longtime home. For the past decade it's done brisk business at the intersection of North 3rd Street, but owner Scott Rossillo told us his landlord, Yehuda Backer, wants to double his rent, and he can't afford it. Next month he's relocating to a smaller spot at the corner of South 4th Street and Bedford. So what's happening with the Bagel Store's old Bedford Ave location? more ›

WFMU's Tom Scharpling took to Twitter last night to send out some live transmissions of a close encounter with Lou Reed, who was enjoying some scones, coffee, and WiFi at a local Starbucks. Of course, none of this actually happened, but we feel pretty confident if it were to happen, the below is a pretty accurate play-by-play of what would unfold. You can view a larger version of the below "transcript" right here—it is, at the very least, more enjoyable than Reed's other recent contribution to society. more ›

Every complaint you've ever had about Starbucks, now delivered to you by these young gentlemen, who trash the company for everything—from selling CDs ("What, are people coming in here with Discmans?") to misspelled names ("J-O-H-N, same way it's been spelled since the Bible") to the taste ("It's literally two ingredients: water and coffee. You know that expression, 'He could fuck up a cup of coffee?' That's you Starbucks, you are he."). And so on. Though can we just all agree that they deliver great seasonal drinks... even if they do contain most of your daily caloric intake? more ›

Good morning! As we all know, it's important to have goals in life. An area man who calls himself Mister PeePee has dedicated himself to exploring the unlimited erotic potential of the Starbucks bathroom. Starbucks Gossip says this gentleman has made a podcast [since removed?] describing his mission to masturbate in every Starbucks bathroom in New York City, and rate the results. That's over 298 rub outs! So which Starbucks is the best one for self-pleasuring? And why are guys so gross? more ›

In what can easily be categorized as "inevitable," USA Today is reporting that pretty much everything is being slapped with the label "artisan" these days, because people hate themselves just a tiny bit less when they eat "artisan" Doritos and Häagen-Dazs for dinner on the couch. more ›

Sure, Starbucks, once you get past their Draconian laptop laws and offensive profiling strategies, makes a decent half-caf-no-sugar-vanilla-soy-extra-hot-latte. But for those who prefer straight-up coffee and not some abominable flavored monstrosity, tough bananas—Starbucks coffee has always tasted like bitter, burnt ass. Until now, maybe. The chain has introduced a new, lighter "Blonde Roast" intended to appeal to those with more delicate taste buds. more ›

Starbucks has a long history of getting people's names wrong on cups (just ask Pat Kiernan, who blogs about them nearly daily) but today Runnin' Scared offers a particularly egregious one. It isn't as bad as the time a barista wrote "The Black Guy" on one of Chad Ochocinco's cups, but it's not much better. more ›

Here's a juicy little bit of gossip, no pun intended: Starbucks, apparently not content to simply displace quaint neighborhood institutions and kick out freeloading freelancers, is maybe looking to expand into the juice market, too. more ›

It's bad enough when an adult finds a camera hidden in the bathroom of a Starbucks. But when a five-year-old makes the discovery, it is the stuff of possible trauma—and million-dollar lawsuits. A little girl is suing the coffee chain corporation for compensatory and punitive damages, citing "invasion of privacy, negligence, negligent hiring, training and supervision and intentional infliction of emotional distress" over incident at a Washington, D.C. Starbucks. more ›

The bitter barista battle between Alec Baldwin and the NY Post continues! After complaining about the Post's coverage of his Tweet about an Upper West Side Starbucks barista yesterday, Baldwin found out that the Post will stop at nothing in the fight to clear a barista's good name—and that means working on a somber day. more ›

Uncle Science has been kind to us this summer, telling us to eat chocolate and assuring us that winos won't get sunburned. Now, we can switch to decaf. A study conducted by the University of London showed that the invigorating, eye-opening gift of coffee may just be a placebo effect. However, the sense of self-satisfaction that one feels when ordering a plain coffee after someone orders a decaf Pumpkin Spice Latte, is very real. more ›

Starbucks is settling a discrimination lawsuit for $75,000 with a Texas woman who was fired because of her short stature due to dwarfism. Elsa Sallard claimed in an EEOC filing that she offered to use a stool or stepladder to work at the counter, but was "ignored." Reuters reports that later that same day, the manager fired her because "she would pose a 'danger' to customers and employees." more ›

Last week, a Connecticut man was charged with 12 counts of voyeurism after a camera was found in the men's bathroom of a Starbucks. The suspect, Paul Deveau, was identified by Starbucks employees as a frequent customer named Paul, but now the man who found the camera says the employees ignored his discovery. more ›

This is it fellow Americans, Starbucks has entered its sinister Phase Two of operations, which as far as we can tell from this photo begins with attaching itself to McDonald's, literally. Scouting NY spotted this combination Starbucks/McDonald's in College Point, Queens—which seems an unlikely place to root their flagship for world domination. more ›

Every globe-trotting, British royals-kissing Manhattan socialite who is accused of stealing an $11,000 fur-lined scarf gets one hilarious defense—and fashion designer Beata Boman already used that up, when she claimed that she inadvertently put the scarf in her handbag because she was distressed after receiving a call from a friend "about to have brain surgery." But now, Boman is supplementing the brain surgery excuse with a Starbucks Defense: "We believe the Starbucks video will reveal an 'OMG' moment." If the lady had no drink, then she must have meant to return it. more ›

Starbucks is in hot coffee today for two reasons: an allegation that a manager at a Long Island Starbucks berated a gay worker for his sexual orientation, and news that the chain's milk distributor plans to drop Jamaica, Queens-based Elmhurst Dairy and go with a non-union dairy conglomerate in Texas. The bias allegation stems from an incident witnessed by a customer at a Starbucks in Centereach, Long Island overheard a female manager allegedly forcing an employee, Jeffrey Warren, to resign because he is gay. In a blog post that has since gone viral and attracted widespread media attention, the witness writes: more ›