SFist Rants: Hating on Starbucks

And yes, we're totally serious.

Let's go to the way back machine and take a look at those bleak, dark days before Starbucks entered the world. You remember what that was like? The moment you left the big city or the college town or what have you and ventured into strip-malled suburbia and Red State hickville, you were left in a desert with no coffee. None. Once, we were so desperate for a cup of joe that while visiting relatives in New Jersey, we made a run to the local gas station in order to get us some coffee. Even now, people are seriously talking about going to Dunkin' Donuts for their coffee fill. And yeah, the Donut actually make a pretty yummy chai tea, but we're talking about Dunkin' Donuts here.

But now, thanks to Starbucks (and yeah, we said it), it is entirely possible to get good coffee elsewhere. In fact, we bet we're not the only one’s to be elsewhere and to give a silent prayer of thanks when first spying the green, white, black emblem that says $4 grande lattés are here.