Editor:
Yet another Starbucks is coming in Santa Monica, the 22nd. Back in 1998, there was an episode of “The Simpsons.” Bart was in a mall. He walked past a Starbucks, then a “soon to be a Starbucks.” He then went into a store, and while deciding on his purchase, the guy told him to hurry up, as they were turning the place into a Starbucks. When he leaves, it is a Starbucks, as is every other store in the mall.
Is this what we are coming to?
Mike Kirwan
Venice
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 11, 2016. Read the original PDF.