A colleague and I decided to have a quick Friday morning meeting at the Providence Starbucks today... HUGE mistake! Although the service was great & we were able to snag a table, parking was a nightmare & I nearly got hit by an Audi and BMW who were fighting for a parking space and didn't seem to care about anyone else in the parking lot (I'm sure they are very important people, but did they really need to use inappropriate hand gestures when I didn't even want the primo spot they were both vying for???)...
This was my first experience going to this Starbucks on a weekday, and it will be my last. I have been there several times on Saturday mornings and found the experience relaxing and delightful.
Unless you like being a part of a high stress coffee experience that involves a bunch of people that are in way too much of a hurry and think they're very important, I would suggest patronizing a different Starbucks Monday-Friday.