Whole Latte Love in Riverdale
By Matthew Townsend |
December 11th, 2007 | Share This
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JAVA-SCRIPT: Starbucks opened a shop in Riverdale, thanks to a campaign launched by a local real estate.
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Daniel Wright got so tired of Riverdale’s lack of a Starbucks that he recruited one.
As a Riverdale real estate broker, Wright rarely went a workday without a potential client asking the same deflating question: “Where’s the nearest Starbucks?”
He e-mailed. He called. He pleaded.
Wright’s efforts paid off last month when the Bronx’s third Starbucks opened on Johnson Ave. and 235th St.
January 1st, 2008 at 10:17 am
Slate had this interesting story about Starbuck’s reverse curse on Mom and Pop coffee shops. I wonder how much increased business for Mom and Pops is generated not by overflow, but by purely embittered patrons who thirst for a cup of moderate-strength black coffee for under a dollar, such as myself.