Main Street Bakery to Serve Starbucks Coffee

[nytimez]

I'm not sure how you look at views like this
http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/main...de-the-starbucks-main-street-bakery/18823.htm

And say it looks just like a SB... I find the most depressing part the lack of intimacy and jarring scale of the place.

That's just one angle. I think the case where the baked goods are, the area where the cold drinks/fruit/etc is and other places - including the coffee beans and such - look pretty much exactly like a Starbucks, right down to the type of display case used.

 

[awilliams4]

I'm not sure how you look at views like this
http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/main...de-the-starbucks-main-street-bakery/18823.htm

And say it looks just like a SB... I find the most depressing part the lack of intimacy and jarring scale of the place.

If intimacy meant having someone up your butt at midnight while the MK was closing and being in line at the bakery because of the previous design, everyone can keep their intimacy.

 

[flynnibus]

That's just one angle. I think the case where the baked goods are, the area where the cold drinks/sandwiches/etc is and other places - including the coffee beans and such - look pretty much exactly like a Starbucks, right down to the type of display case used.

The only thing that I don't like in that respect is the menu board. The display stands/cases I don't find off-putting. They use similar ones in the Pig cafe (there, they are to your side as your approach the counter) and don't stick out at all. The rest of the area (away from the menu board) doesn't scream starbucks... from the wall pieces, to the the fixtures, textures, etc.

I find it funny when people were oogling over the light fixtures in NFE.. but here, overlook all the those details in the hate glare...

 

[nytimez]

I find it funny when people were oogling over the light fixtures in NFE.. but here, overlook all the those details in the hate glare...

The details would be loved if they had gotten the rest of it right. They didn't. They rammed a Starbucks counter into Main Street. The details don't matter as much when the big picture is all wrong.

 

[Ariel484]

I thought most the baked goods were still Disney???

If you look at @wdwmagic 's photo #17 (from the link on the home page, not sure how to post it here) the only Disney baked goods are the cupcakes on the bottom right shelf. Every other baked good is Starbucks.

 

[asianway]

So is the Disney Parks Blog going to be brave and make a post about the opening, or are they going to pretend it didn't happen. What are your bets?

They just sent out the tweet, apparently timed to steal Transformers' thunder

 

[ScoutN]

The only thing that I don't like in that respect is the menu board. The display stands/cases I don't find off-putting. They use similar ones in the Pig cafe (there, they are to your side as your approach the counter) and don't stick out at all. The rest of the area (away from the menu board) doesn't scream starbucks... from the wall pieces, to the the fixtures, textures, etc.

I find it funny when people were oogling over the light fixtures in NFE.. but here, overlook all the those details in the hate glare...

All they need to do now is move all the books from across the park to the front and they will have created a bonafide Barnes & Noble.

 

[71jason]

It's interesting that in Disneyland, they are going to have both a Starbucks AND the Jolly Holiday bakery both on Main Street maybe 50 yards from eachother. If there is demand for both in Cali, I can't imagine there not being demand in FL.

Most of the things I saw for sale in Jolly Holiday can be found in the corner case of the Candy Shop--selection of cookies, cupcakes, etc.

 

[devoy1701]

Looks a lot like the Fiddler, Fifer, and Practical Cafe on Buena Vista Street in DCA....which isn't a bad thing.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Looks a lot like the Fiddler, Fifer, and Practical Cafe on Buena Vista Street in DCA....which isn't a bad thing.

I don't think it looks like FF&P at all.

 

[devoy1701]

I don't think it looks like FF&P at all.

Sure it does...specifically the counter area is what I'm referring to.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Sure it does...specifically the counter area is what I'm referring to.

Ooohhh, okay I see what you're looking at. A little bit, yes.

 

[devoy1701]

Ooohhh, okay I see what you're looking at. A little bit, yes.

Been on the Autopia lately btw? I think that RSR has moved slightly ahead on my favorite DLR attractions rankings list!

 

[Californian Elitist]

Been on the Autopia lately btw? I think that RSR has moved slightly ahead on my favorite DLR attractions rankings list!

HAHAHA, actually I have been on recently! My nephew turned six this past Thursday and we all went to the DLR. I get a car with him and I let him drive... BIG MISTAKE. I stepped on the gas while he steered. He couldn't steer at all, poor thing. Well, as we were getting ready to pull into the station, his steering got worse and the axle on our car went "CAPLUNK!" and they had to e-vac. Whoops.

Last Thursday, I took this photo, from Autopia's queue. You can see Matterhorn, if you look closely:

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As much as I love Autopia, RSR takes the cake. No contest there.

 

[PhotoDave219]

That's just one angle. I think the case where the baked goods are, the area where the cold drinks/fruit/etc is and other places - including the coffee beans and such - look pretty much exactly like a Starbucks, right down to the type of display case used.

I just got my mocha. There was no line beyond people waiting for drinks. Very fast and efficient service.

 

[wdwmagic]

Some more photos added to the gallery at http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/main...de-the-starbucks-main-street-bakery/18848.htm

 

[PhotoDave219]

If you look at @wdwmagic 's photo #17 (from the link on the home page, not sure how to post it here) the only Disney baked goods are the cupcakes on the bottom right shelf. Every other baked good is Starbucks.

That's accurate. I was just there.

 

[DsnyFevr]

I wonder if Disney and Starbucks will come to an arrangement to allow you to use the Dining Plan...

I saw on the menu that you an use the dining plan

 

[George]

I find it interesting that this has generated so much interest, yet there is universal approval of the San Angel Inn serving Taco Bell.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I find it interesting that this has generated so much interest, yet there is universal approval of the San Angel Inn serving Taco Bell.

I actually think the San Angel Inn is pretty good nowadays. Much better than in years past...but that's neither here nor there.