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Starbucks in His Eyes For Obama

Surrounded by campaign materials and holed up with his laptop and overactive cell phone in a corner of the Starbucks on 181st Street in Washington Heights, Gregg Ross carefully coordinated volunteers for Barack Obama Tuesday morning.

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Whole Latte Love in Riverdale

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.

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