coffee shop

While it's not strictly recommended to let children drink caffeinated beverages, it's rare that a coffee shop restricts its fare to the over-18 set. If it were any other sort of business, I'd be up their protesting my kids' right to drink coffee (my two youngest children love the stuff), but I...

Getting some of the $700 billion bailout for America's banks looks to be a lot easier than applying for a job at a Portland coffee shop. I didn't believe it until I saw it myself, but applying for a bank bailout in the federal Capital Purchase Program requires only two pages. And I realize that...

Starbucks is trying out a new "short" cup of coffee for $1 in an effort to better compete with fast food chains. Specifically, they're trying this out in Seattle-area stores in order to see if it helps in light of the competition from McDonald's. The burger giant recently announced plans to expand...