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July 19th, 2008 By Justin Williams

RIP West Side Starbucks

Huffington Post has the listings of all 600 Starbucks stores that will be closed. Only one store in Evansville is on the list and it’s the one on the west side. I never went to the West side Starbucks much, but I’m sure it will be missed.

Are there any decent coffee joints on the West side that Starbucks people can migrate to?

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gmwong

July 19, 2008 @ 06:27PM

I loved that starbucks! When I was a student at USI I would go and read there. They had a community book shelf where people could leave and take books, and all sorts of games too. It was also a good place to study for finals because it was the ONLY place on the west side open 24 hours a day. I imagine this had to do with USI opening a Starbucks on campus, but it had such wacky hours it was hard to get a cup of coffee on the weekends. They also had a meeting room that could be scheduled.

It’s also crazy because they just did a few thousand dollars worth of rehab on their asphalt parking lot. They weren’t listed on the original list too, so this closing is one of the extra 16 added after. (the total is 616 now.)

It’s a sad starbuckers day.

Kate

July 20, 2008 @ 09:59AM

“It was also a good place to study for finals because it was the ONLY place on the west side open 24 hours a day.”

The Steak and Shake and Denny’s are no longer open 24/7?

Sker

July 20, 2008 @ 10:04AM

Big deal.
Another “Fivebucks” bites the dust.

Jenna

July 20, 2008 @ 12:30PM

ummm, since when are steak and shake and denny’s study places? denny’s is just 100% ew, but steak & shake is for study BREAKS to get some food….not a place to study, I never saw anyone study at steak & shake or denny’s at IU…

gmwong

July 20, 2008 @ 01:37PM

they are still open 24 hrs but studying there would be almost impossible. I’d would have rather gone to the furniture section of walmart.

gmwong

July 20, 2008 @ 01:37PM

they are still open 24 hrs but studying there would be almost impossible. I’d would have rather gone to the furniture section of walmart. Dennys coffee is always scorched too…

Justin Williams

July 20, 2008 @ 01:55PM

Sker, way to show your awesomeness by raging against the new world order of coffee. You go, dude!

Sker

July 20, 2008 @ 02:12PM

“Awesomeness”? LOL
Okay, but seriously…what did we do for coffee before all the designer label shops? We went to cafes, got a large coffee, then on to the library. You want 24 hour availability? Why? Shouldn’t you sleep sometime?

Justin Williams

July 20, 2008 @ 04:20PM

I’d gladly go somewhere else if there were better options. Google shows there are three coffee shops/cafe’s that are not Starbucks in this town. The only one whose drinks I actually enjoy is Penny Lane. Driving from Newburgh to downtown isn’t realistic. Plus their wifi access is spotty at best.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=coffee+shop&near=evansville,+in&ie=UTF8&ll=38.005902,-87.530479&spn=0.149868,0.238266&z=12

I’d gladly go somewhere else if there was a better option. I just grow tired of the anti-Starbucks sentiment just for the sake of being anti-Starbucks.

gmwong

July 20, 2008 @ 07:33PM

I miss Wired :( The Milky way was magic.

Briar and Bean

July 20, 2008 @ 08:21PM

Has anyone tried Brian and Bean. I love their coffee and their shop. In the winter they have a nice fire burning. Its very peaceful in there. Also, close to Newburgh.