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| - I have been coming here almost daily while studying for an exam and job hunting, which has given me the opportunity to witness all kinds of all kinds of antisocial customer and non-customer behavior, and the seemingly endless patience of the staff. Baristas and management deserve some serious credit for having endless patience while cleaning up after others and dealing with the occasional difficult customer or squatting non-customer users of seating and bathrooms.
It took some time to become recognized as a regular but the staff is usually strikes a decent balance between customer engagement and efficiency. Efficiency is appreciated here because this tends to be a busy location and the line can be long. Parking is a sort of an ongoing Fall-of-Saigon reenactment and customers tend to miss the larger log in the back, opting instead for the 15 minute lot in front (even if their stays significantly surpass 15 minutes.)
Speaking of parking, drivers sometimes park in the clearly marked "no parking anytime" areas, park across the sidewalk, and enter either of the one-way lots facing the wrong direction which leads to gridlock for customers attempting to enter or leave in correctly. If you drive and park here, consider entering at Anytime Fitness and parking behind Starbucks as a first choice. Even if both lots are full, there is typically street parking within a block or less. Also, if you really are just popping in to get something to go rather than enjoying the "third place" consider using the Mobile Order and Pay feature on the app in order to expedite your order and minimize your wait.
I am hopeful that this Starbucks might move in order to accommodate the volume of traffic, parking, and potentially add a drive-through, but overall this location does a great job and I'm glad to have it in the neighborhood.
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