One thing that is nice about visiting Starbucks in other countries, is that you don't have to "rent" a table to get coffee (ie: coffee is served in "to go" cups).

However, the last time i was in Europe, I noticed that more of the local shops were bucking tradition and serving coffee in paper cups also. And it's hard for me to imagine why else would visit Starbucks (known to some as "Star-burnt" or "franchise for steamed milk") in places that serve much better coffee at local shops (unless of course you own shares of SBUX and feel somehow that you'd be helping their bottom line). For example, there is a Starbucks right accross from the Opera House in Vienna, and this seems a little sacriligous somehow, in a city/country that takes coffee so seriously.

PS - Starbucks founders learned the art of coffee roasting from Dutch immigrant Alfred Peet (founder of Peet's Coffee), so their methods of coffee-making/roasting actually are European in origin