Great going, Starbucks — let’s see more of this:
Starbucks is opening far fewer stores these days than it used to, but it wants the ones it does open to be environmentally friendly, to be made with local materials, and to have new looks that reflect the neighborhoods they’re in. The first example opened in March across the street from Pike Place Market in Seattle, which has a more rustic look than most Starbucks’ stores including a coffee bar that includes scrap leather from shoe and automobile factories, a long “community table” from a local restaurant, and cabinets made from fallen trees in Seattle – from Seattle