Starbucks

This Starbucks in downtown Phoenix is one of my favorite ones of all Starbucks. It seats in a calm, usually sunny open air shopping mall, has plenty of seating inside and outside, and of course it features the great Arizona niceness of local associates. Of course you may want to avoid the terrace in the summer 😊

This is a great place, it's gotten a lot better with the upper management understanding that they need more than the usual 3 people working 7 days a week, like c'mon. All the bad reviews of this place is mainly due to the hierarchy of PCC, like them not having an oven or accepting rewards, not the fault of the staff, it's licensed by the city of phoenix, which doesn't even care what Starbucks is, they have no idea how to make a latte let alone what's in it, yet have total power to shut the place down because the staff declines to be worked like slaves. It's the cash cow of PCC, and they barely got an oven in there due to actual Starbucks personnel discovering the location wasn't up to standards. Point is the spot is great to stop in at, and unless the staff is outstandingly rude to you there's no reason to get mad at something the staff don't have power over. It's the convention center, $h!+ happens.