Hi!

I know there was a thread about ´favorite coffeehouses´some months ago but i thought it might be interesting to focus on our biggest mainstream coffee-company.

The coffee may not always be that spectacular, but many of the stores are great spots for urban-people-watching and some offer nice views too.

My top-three so far (i´m only 19 so i´m not a real frequent traveler yet):

Tokyo, Japan
-Starbucks Omotesando / Harajuku
it´s a modern glass/steel stand-alone building on a small street running parallel to the famous ´omotesando´and it´s combined with a Yahoo-internet cafe. The location is awesome. almost no traffic (coz the street is so small) and mostly cool and creative Tokyo-style teenagers all over the place. very colorful and entertaining, a real japanese experiene.

Berlin, Germany
-Starbucks Hackesche Höfe / Berlin Mitte
located within the ´Hackesche Höfe´buildings. IMO the surrounding area is currently the ´soho of berlin´. that means there are many cool restaurants, bars, shops as well as galleries all over the place. and there is this ´global´ cosmopolitan feeling. the store itself is nicely done with a great upper floor seating area, where you can sit on pillows placed on a long windowsill.

Vienna, Austria
-Starbucks Kärtnerstrasse / Oper
-directly opposite the famous ´Sacher´Hotel and Cafe. the location is great. from the upper floor seating area you can enjoy some nice views of the Kärtnerstrasse, Ringstrasse and the Vienna Opera House. I like the atmosphere. It´s the perfect mixture of good old viennese coffeehouse-tradition with the contemporary, relaxed Starbucks-way.

and i also like:

-Starbucks SoHo at Spring Street, NYC (is it spring street, i´m not sure...)
-Starbucks Kowloon Hotel, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hongkong, China

Ok. Feel free to post all your favorite starbucks-spots and tell us why.

No topic for the real coffee-snobs in this forum but i hope it´s also interesting!

Greetings from Austria, Tom