# Should coffee shops be capitalized? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 19, 2004, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-coffee-shops-be-capitalized/61528 "2004-08-19T10:56:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![uber1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/779978/32.png) [@uber1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/uber1)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-coffee-shops-be-capitalized/61528/1 "2004-08-19T10:56:31Z")
I for one am a huge fan of coffee shops… nothing better than drinking an iced chai latte while reading a good book or a newspaper in a quiet setting with fragrant aromas sweeping the air … now imagine this in a mcDonalds… hard to believe but MickyD’s thinks that they can bing the same feel to their coffe shops…McCafe. i don’t think so … instead of coffee aromas… there will be grease smells… instead of luscious quiet… there will be screaming kids whinig about not getting the right toy in their happy meal… i believe this is wrong to try to franchise what was meant to be a unique experience at every shoppe. (starbucks excluded… they are more of a caffeine refill station than a coffe shoppe) they are local and warm an inviting… you can’t duplicate that. what do ya’ll think? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-coffee-shops-be-capitalized/61528/2 "2004-08-19T11:31:20Z")
Coffee has been “capitalized” already. Most successful, “unique” shops are actually chains or franchises. Beaners, Starbucks, etc… Let McDonald’s do what they will – no one’s going to force you to change your drinking habits and adapt to McCafe. If it brings in more money, fine. Personally, I think the losers that spend $300/lb. on some special roast are just that – losers. One nice thing (for the war driver in all of us) will be a proliferation of wireless internet sites. Guaranteed no one in that place is going to know what wireless packet sniffing is – so you can just decrypt a username/password and use it for free (if it isn’t already). And not a burger-flipper in the world is going to try and stop you, he’s not getting paid enough to do so. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-coffee-shops-be-capitalized/61528/3 "2004-08-19T12:03:44Z")
i hear you on that with the wardriving YEAH my 100th post… YEAH:)…:D…😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-coffee-shops-be-capitalized/61528/4 "2004-08-19T12:15:25Z")
McDonalds tries to do everything. We had a McDonald’s Diner in our town for a few years. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-coffee-shops-be-capitalized/61528/5 "2004-08-19T13:03:06Z")
> [@Krilnon](#): > > McDonalds tries to do everything. We had a McDonald’s Diner in our town for a few years. LOL what, do ythey just cook the food while your there instead of before?.. we have a chipolte and a mcdonalds near where i live. (chipolte is mexican food… owned by mcdonalds) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-coffee-shops-be-capitalized/61528/6 "2004-08-19T13:09:52Z")
darn. I thought we were talking of COFFEE SHOPS. The ones you find in Holland. Those DEFINITELY need to be capitalized. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-coffee-shops-be-capitalized/61528/7 "2004-08-19T13:44:48Z")
yo… ty pomme lets stay on coffee shops [h]stay on target[/h] heeheee now i get to use the super cool hijack graphic ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-coffee-shops-be-capitalized/61528/8 "2004-08-22T21:42:36Z")
I’ve been to a McCafe in Sydney, seemed pretty good to me. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-coffee-shops-be-capitalized/61528/9 "2004-09-03T00:23:06Z")
I’m all for more options in coffee shops. There are times when I want to get coffee and get out, and there are times when I would prefer sitting around and not be in a hurry to leave. So, McDonalds would be great for quick coffee refills, while a neighborhood or local coffee shop would be good to relax. I would be upset if McDonald’s is able to undercut other, less trafficked coffeeshops with lower prices and cause them to close - Wal-Mart style. With that said, StarBucks really isn’t a bad place, and it’ll take a while before McDonalds is able to put a dent in StarBucks :jag: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-coffee-shops-be-capitalized/61528/10 "2004-09-03T00:48:06Z")
> LOL what, do ythey just cook the food while your there instead of before? Yes… Just about all the Maccas I know make your burgers while you wait, there are no more cutes full of burgers here. (chips is still a crap shoot) As for Mc Cafe, I am all for it, I go to Maccas a lot more than I go to a coffee shop, and it is nice to get a cake and frape or something. If it wasn’t there I wouldn’t go drive to a coffee shop. And as I live a 1 min drive from Maccas, I have popped in for a late night snack plenty of times. Only prob is that a piece of cake is like $4… I can go to the “Cheese cake shop” and get half a cheese cake for $8… Yeah I know… but a few times when I was about to buy 1 slice at Maccas I thought screw that, I will go get a half… then end up buying a whole one anyway. 😃