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Re:The Troubling Economics of Food Halls by RandallBrown on Monday October 07, 2019 @12:24PM (#21182704)
I'm not sure about any Starbucks that transform into a wine bar, but several of their Reserve locations do serve alcohol.
Re:The Troubling Economics of Food Halls by ghaff on Monday October 07, 2019 @12:46PM (#21182969)
Ah. Yes, I assume that's what the wine bar idea they were talking about a bit a number of years back has morphed into.

https://www.foodandwine.com/news/starbucks-reserve-store-sea...

It makes sense although I suspect it's more difficult than is obvious to handle rather different uses at different times of the day. (It's also probably notable that they're doing this in locations that are already pretty differentiated from the standard grab a Cafe Latte in a paper cup on the way into work.)

Re:The Troubling Economics of Food Halls by mikestew on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @11:16AM (#21193175)
Now that you bring up specifics, I would believe you are correct. My fuzzy memory kinda confirms that it's more "you can have a glass of wine...or not" rather than "no coffee, only booze".