Thursday, November 8, 2007
Restaurants Get your post-Halloween, Xmas-time culinary atrocities now
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Thu, Nov 8, 2007 at 11:04 PM
This is Justin, a barista (and a very good one) at the Ansley Mall Starbucks. He is smiling, I theorize, because he's so happy to be working someplace that begins celebrating Christmas as soon as Halloween is over. Besides getting to wear a red shirt and green apron for the next two months, Justin gets to make eggnog lattes and sell gingerbread cookies shaped like mittens.
Happily, the store has not yet begun assaulting customers' ears with the usual gruesome Christmas music. But it won't be long.
I'll be on the lookout for holiday-time culinary atrocities. Please let me know of any you encounter.
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I'd call the red and green "candy cane" bagel that's been featured for the past few weeks at Einsteins an atrocity.
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Dinner at ENO on Sun 11th, all they played were X-mas carols. C'mon now. That's ridiculous. Retailers may do it to get people to shop early, but at dinner, I felt like I was being punished.
Barista? Umm, Baristas are trained in the art of espresso... the grind, the tamp, the brew, with all of its inherent intricacies! Donning a green Apron at the local Starbucks does not make one a Barista... Please reserve that term for true coffee professionals who really relish the beverage. Not those who draw it from a superautomatic machine, mix it with milk, and lots of sugar, then serve it through the drive through x 300 million pounds of coffee per year! Now thats got to be truely specialty coffee at the local Starbucks!
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