When people found out I had a Starbucks addiction and had never heard of The Coffee Bean, I was urged to check it out. First off, I hate these reviews that say "for a chain" or "I hate chains....blah, blah, blah" STOP GOING TO THEM THEN!! These people annoy me. Go make Folgers at home. It's like, if you ran a small ma-and-pa shop and people ended up loving it and you opened more should people just stop buying what made you succeed? Stop trying to be different. It's okay to like coffee from a Starbucks or Coffee Bean.
Anyways, probably should've said that in a blog post but I had to get it out. To be honest, I couldn't tell the difference between this place and Starbucks. The patio/counter/coffee and pastry selection all looked and tasted the same. I had a medium Americano and I couldn't taste any difference. Also, the girl working here that took my order didn't get the memo to smile this particular morning so that sort of ruined it for me right away.
Not saying I wouldn't go back, but I'm an avid coffee addict and nothing stood out here to make me a believer!