Ah, Starbucks, Seattle's temperamental teenager! She's long outgrown her training bra. more ›

Starbucks does something totally predictable with its mid-life crisis, and goes "blonde." more ›

Amanda Knox verdict expected today, Starbucks wants to help stimulate job growth, a woman is missing on Mt. St. Helens and one local beefcake is doing out city proud. TGIM! more ›

The headline says it all. more ›

Starbucks Coffee mogul Howard Schultz has a new hobby: politics. Unfortunately, the way he's chosen to get involved is unlikely to do any good, and has some disturbing implications. Memo to Congress: the last institution Schultz "helped" was the Seattle Sonics... more ›

We love it when a band we love goes national--and even more so when it pops up for free in our local Starbucks. more ›

During last year's July 5th, in just six hours, 700 volunteers ended up collecting over one ton of garbage found on and around the lake; this Tuesday, you have a chance to volunteer for post 4th clean up yourself. more ›

Amanda Knox is emotional, Howard Schultz is rich, people don't trust the police. Please try to contain your surprise. more ›

Frequently, we disagree with what Howard Schultz does with his money. Yesterday's IPO filings demonstrate yet another mind-boggling investment. What would you do if you had zillions of coffee dollars to throw around? more ›

The Barefoot Bandit gets handed even more charges, Starbucks is in legal hot water over a little person and Christine Gregoire closes the budget gap by allocating millions to job training for airplane construction. more ›

This is a day of double- and triple-verifying facts and taking everything you hear with a grain of salt. For the tired, the gullible and the stressed, this is perhaps the worst holiday ever. more ›

In a city where independent coffee shops are elbow-to-elbow and Starbucks still reigns supreme, it's tough to establish large-scale brand loyalty. Tully's may be learning this the hard way/ more ›

If you got stuck in more traffic than usual today near the Mercer Mess, blame Howard Schultz. Ah, the Starbucks Annual Meeting of Shareholders. more ›

Our fair city is still small enough that it's exciting when we get a mention in the New York Times. It's especially exciting when our history is dissected into what's basically a glowing review of our priorities and way of life. more ›

Today is the coffee giant's 40th anniversary and the much-discussed wordless logo is officially emblazoned on cups and cardboard cupholder thingies. Though people who care enough to read this probably discovered that fact for themselves on the way to work this morning. more ›

Starbucks' new trenta-sized drinks are still a few months away for those of us who live in the shadow of the coffee giant's corporate headquarters. But we've got an intriguing new trenta development in the "pouring booze into cups" category of, um, investigative journalism. more ›

We've been seeing those Taiwanese CGI videos pop up to address issues ranging from Brett Favre's genitals to the recent governmental overthrow in Tunisia. This week's news that Starbucks is rolling out a 31-ounce "trenta" size is the latest topic worthy of overly dramatized animated social commentary. more ›

As we mentioned yesterday, Starbucks is rolling out a new 31-ounce larger-than-the-human-stomach "trenta" size in certain states today. The company got back to us with some specifics on the rollout. It looks like warmer states get a head start on guzzling these enormous drinks. more ›

Starbucks is debuting a new cup size (the beverage kind...seriously, grow up) that's even bigger than a venti. Behold, the "trenta"--a 31-ounce drink size debuting in 14 different states tomorrow (including Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Hawaii and Arizona) and in California February 1. more ›

Starbucks unveiled a new logo today that drops the words "Starbucks Coffee" encircling its familiar green siren. more ›

This is exactly what the framers had in mind when they spoke of a "well-regulated militia." It is also not at all like carrying around the security blanket you clutched when you were a toddler, screaming and wetting yourself at the very notion of anyone trying to take it away or even asking you to leave it at home. We repeat, it is nothing like this, for reasons that will come to us. more ›

Remember "15th Ave Coffee & Tea", Starbucks' new Saturn division? Well, they're doing it again, but this time they've got their sights set on the north end of Broadway. They're plunking a "Roy Street Coffee & Tea" into the first-floor retail of the 700 Broadway building, creating the world's first FedExKinkosStarbucks, which if you think about it has been a brand synchronicity far too long in coming. CHS has the fully story, with a response from Joe Bar's owner and resident really nice guy Wylie Bush. But what about the cost to this local coffee purveyor just a few blocks down? more ›

SPD Blotter with more info on this morning's hit and run at Sixth & Cherry: "They now believe that a light-colored bus with a dark stripe or dark tinted windows, is possibly involved." more ›

Having had a peek inside, it's obvious that criticisms that the new "15th Ave Coffee & Tea," as the signage puts it, has ripped off its next-door neighbor Smith aren't going away any time soon. Woodblock print-style logo? Check. Long table of rough reclaimed wood? Check. Vaguely Western and/or rustic, farm-themed? Check. more ›

Starbucks' third quarter earnings beat market expectations, sending its stock up 8 percent. Don't assume this is because their new "we're not Starbucks" campaign or other gimmicks are working, though--most of the improved earnings is due to cutbacks, layoffs, and store closures. more ›

Turns out the stripped-down, de-logo-fied Starbucks up on 15th isn't quite the oh-so-original take on a neighborhood cafe that Starbucks intended. Linda Derschang, the owner of Smith, right next door, has sent an enraged letter over to the Stranger. more ›

MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory is conducting experiments on garbage in Seattle through a program called "Trash Track." Utilizing "smart tag" technology, the team has created a device around the size of a matchbook with its own SIM card. The tag is placed inside a piece of garbage or recycling, then every 15 minutes pings the cell system to locate itself. This allows researchers at MIT to track the course of waste from the time its expelled by the user until it eventually winds up somewhere. more ›

Wired is having a contest to see who can make the coolest stuff from Starbucks packaging, and leading by example is Wired photographer Dan Winters who created the Tie Fighter below from a coffee box and some cup holders. It is something to behold. more ›

According to the , the 15th Avenue Starbucks, up on Capitol Hill, is part of an ambitious makeover project the company's exploring that will leave the store stripped of the Starbucks name altogether (if you read CHS, you heard about the makeover in the comments a month ago). The store will be renamed for the neighborhood, lose the traditional Starbucks branding, and will even start serving wine and beer. The remodeled store will be re-opening next week. more ›

Dr. David Kessler, pediatrician and former head of the FDA, has written a book (official publication date Friday) titled The End of Overeating, which argues that obesity is not the result of character flaws but of chemical dependency on the junk in food. And not just junk food, either. Everyone from cereal companies to restaurant chains (from quesadillas at Chili's to Frappuccinos at Starbucks) does it, manipulating our tastebuds and appetite centers for maximum profit. Along with the new film Food, Inc. (playing at the Egyptian), the book is sure fuel the flames of food industry regulation, though not before our Fourth of July hotdog roast. more ›