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The place is only new so I could forgive a couple of hiccups: they COMPLETELY forgot my wife's lemonade so I had to duck around the side and remind them, and they called out the name of some dude who I think had gone to the toilet, he didn't come to claim his drink so they just left it on the side of the counter, out of view, for it to get warm - without once calling him again. And there was no compensation or upgrade of the wife's drink to a medium or large for having us wait ten minutes thinking they were out the back slaughtering a turmeric especially for her. What they likely won't be willing to fix is the price. $4 minimum for 16oz, $5 for 24oz and $6 for the larger. It's only lemonade! Should be $1-2 less than that. It's not like lemon trees are rare around these parts. The mix-ins make it even more expensive.
Lots of people are giving it 5/5 stars right now, likely because it's so unique, but realistically AFAIC it merits nothing over a 3 for right now. Refreshing for a hot day, but a rare treat unless and until they reduce their prices. I'd rather drop a buck less and get a solidly tastier beverage from Dutch Bros that does more for me than a pink lemonade, quite frankly, but I think it'll at least be a fun first trip for families and something different to Dutch for right now. In fact I'm hoping it'll pull some of the woollen-beret-wearing hipster teenies away from Dutch so those of us who actually NEED coffee don't need to wait twenty minutes in line there.
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