Starbucks Exploratory Essay

Starbucks is overrated, we´ve gotten used to it, we go there for dates, a quick lunch, job interviews, and for getting work done, we never stop and think of the reason why so many people only go there, if there are so many other coffee shops for us to explore, my guess is that for connivance, after all they reproduce like bunnies, they are in every corner, sometimes there is even two Starbucks next to each other, something completely unnecessary in my opinion. After I came to this analogy I was determined to explore what the local coffee shops had to offer, a lot of them were very good, but there was nothing really interesting to them, until I encountered Soul Food Coffee House, a coffee shop, located inside a little shopping center, next to stores like Safeway, trader Joes

Conversations of all sorts were happening, while maintaining their productivity. I personally thought this was great, I was used to people ignoring each other’s existence as if they were ghosts. I finished my coffee quick, due to it tasting so good, and felt the need to work on homework, being surrounded by so much art and positivism, made me feel inspired, I didn’t feel the need to procrastinate as much as I do when I am at any other coffee shop, usually I get distracted easily by the glowing screen on my phone. However, in Soul Food everything contrary to that happened. The coffee shop started to fill up, modestly, everyone seemed excited to listen to the musician perform, as soon as he began, everything turned quiet, like if it was a movie theater, a very respectful audience, as well as a very talented performer. After the concert had ended, as a result of the small venue, conversations between audience and artist were fairly easy to