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| Miromar Outlet Mall Fort Myers, Florida Lucky me!! I got to spend last week on Fort Myers Beach with a dear friend. I loved this Starbucks Shop before I even went in the front door. It took me a moment to decide just where I wanted to sit. The outside seating was very tempting with plenty of tables and umbrellas. But once inside, I discovered window seating with choice of bar stools at a window bar or over-stuffed chairs with a good view of both the windows and the front door. Choices, choices. I finally made up my mind to sit at the window bar with a view of the outside seating and the fountain in the center court.. The line at the service bar stayed full the whole time that I was in the shop, which was over 90 minutes. Customers seemed to really enjoy sipping their drinks and eating their snacks while watching the foot traffic around the mall shops. There seemed to be a quick turnover of all the seats except the outside seating and the over-stuffed chairs, which caused the character of the shop to be very organic and fluctuating with the ebb and flow of the crowd. I think that it was very interesting that this Starbucks had such a happy character when I can safely say that it is not a "hometown hangout". Could it be the colors? The sunshine? The fountain? Or that people are happy to be able to take a break in a familiar spot while on vacation....Starbucks is to comfort zone as chicken soup is to comfort food. I've started to collect the new Starbucks coffee mugs with the names of either cities or states on them. I intend to only collect the ones that have a special meaning to me, such as: Ohio - I grew up in towns along the Ohio River and have lived in Toledo, Ohio; Cleveland - someday, I guess, I will live in Cleveland; Washington, DC; Philadelphia; New York City; Florida - many good memories of trips to Florida with my parents and now I'm building memories with my friend in Fort Myers Beach. The Florida mug has an alligator and an egret on it. So far it is my favorite. SHOP COMMENTS: Beautiful clean shop. Plenty of seating - outside and inside - with choices between bar stools at a window bar, over-stuffed leather chairs, chairs and tables. Employees cleaned the condiments bar a couple times while I was in the shop. I liked the fact that this Starbucks Coffee was participating in a drive for MDA ( Muscular Dystrophy Association). No public restrooms were available within the shop. EMPLOYEE COMMENTS: I had a hard time paying attention to the employees for two reasons: 1) I was struggling to keep my attention on my Soldier's letter because I was so interested in the outside foot traffic and 2) the lines never really died down enough for me to get a good view of the employees. INTERESTING/HELPFUL WEB-SITES: |
PULEEZE! That is one ugly Starbucks. It looks like it belongs in Tibet.
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where's the update?
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