Minimum wage boosts and government-imposed regulations also chopped away at the business's bottom line. Despite the loyalty of regulars, Janz wonders if the number of walk-ins wanting a treat like a specialty $4 coffee had dissipated.
Eric Sanderson said he was forced to close the 24-hour Tims Sunday night because staff didn't show up. "We find that a lot of these people have issues... they can't get transportation or they can't get babysitters. I've talked to other fast-food owners here and they're having the same problems -- there just isn't enough people interested in the food-service industry," he said.
Marijuana and hashish are on offer at the many 'green' coffee shops around town. Soft drugs were decriminalized in 1976; while strictly illegal, they're tolerated. Shops are permitted to keep half a kilogram, which 'bud tenders' sell from menus that start with a light 'Bubble Gum' for $12 a gram. There are 'space cakes' and spiked muffins. The atmosphere is mellow, not much different than a regular coffee shop, with as many customers here for the espresso and card games as the dope.
WARNING, coffee lovers: expect to hear a lot of soprano saxophone if you're hanging out at Starbucks. The curly-haired smooth jazzman's new album, released just in time for Valentine's Day, is out on the coffee shop's label, which is fitting since he's perfected the art of creating background music. Fans shouldn't worry Kenny G.'s flirtation with Latin music will take away from the easy listening vibes they've come to expect from their oft-mocked hero: no matter what style he's tackling he never fails to make it sound distinctly like a Kenny G. song, for better or for worse. HH The songs' formlessness can be frustrating -- some cry out for a properly cathartic chorus --but the album's frost-tinged air is beguiling. [Justin Vernon]'s high, piercing vocals are multi-tracked, giving his...
FOR a guy supposedly facing his toughest campaign for re-election yet, he's pretty chill. He's joking about forbidden pleasures at the Forbidden Flavours coffee shop. He's name-checking some cool local bands like Nathan and The Duhks. He's bopping around ridings he'd normally have no chance of winning. He's acting like he's already won the election and he's about to go fishing. HE'S been accused of being a little stiff, but he took a pretty witty poke at Tory boss [Hugh McFadyen]'s failure to field a full slate of candidates. The PCs were unable to put forward a nominee in Flin Flon. "If Hugh can't even field a full team, why would anyone think he can bring back the Jets?" [Jon Gerrard] quipped. HE'S the Grits' candidate in Assiniboia, but admits he doesn't expect to win. In fact, [Ber...
You have accidents. I don't think I've even told (my husband) about it. It's so humiliating," says Bager, whose Winnipeg-born husband, [Steven Bager], sits across from her at a Corydon Avenue coffee shop. "We've got our facility set up for the day Whole Foods says, 'We want to go nationwide' -- or SuperValu or Safeway. We're already ready," says the optimistic former Winnipegger who grew up in River Heights. "The importance of good nutrition -- I can't emphasize that more. When we eat well, we stay healthy," says [Gina Sunderland]. "It enhances our immune function. Of course, it's really important.
* 11:22 a.m. -- Unable to think of amusing topic for column, so decide to look at e-mails and open "snail mail" letter from actual reader. Reader's letter contains "funny" joke which may yield topic for column. * 12:09 p.m. -- Suggest to editor discussion of column topic is pointless without first going out for coffee. [Margo] agrees and suggests Tim Hortons. Based on recent "backlash," I recommend Starbucks. * 12:28 p.m. -- Forget tragic extension-cord incident and relate amusing personal anecdote en route to coffee shop. Editor adopts look of concern. "Weren't you supposed to turn left back there?" she wonders.
Although the study was part-funded by BookPeople and Waterloo it gave a boost to the growing "buy local" movement in America. For years business and community leaders have been full of reasons for people to do their shopping close to home. They say that local and independent businesses have more individual character, and that they are owned by your friends and neighbors. Some stores, particularly grocers, point out that it takes much less carbon to haul a truck from a few towns over than from halfway across the country. Big companies are taking note that customers are rooting for the home team. [Stacy Mitchell] points to a telling development in Seattle, Wash., where Starbucks got its start. On July 24 the company opened a new coffee shop there. The newcomer is not called a Starbucks; i...
I don't understand why this is happening," [Christine Shuwera] said. "This (her coffee shop) is something that will be really positive for the area. People asked me why I would move to the neighbourhood. But I said it is getting better and it really has improved over the past three years and this coffee shop will also help. "I was talking with a tow-truck driver recently and I suggested we go for coffee, but he said there was nowhere in the area to go," said [Mike Pagtakhan], who suggested the city should be especially encouraging grassroots business people like Shuwera. "We do not have a choice," [Julian Saj] said. "When you change from one (building use) classification to another, the code kicks in."
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