Starbucks puts the bar into barista in Seattle

By Associated Press
Posted Oct. 18, 2010 at 1:12 p.m.

Something new is on the menu at a renovated Starbucks in Seattle: beer and wine.

A  store that reopened Monday is the first under the Starbucks brand to offer alcohol.
Craft beer and local wines go on sale after 4 p.m. The idea is to offer drinks and a wider variety of savory food that will attract customers after the morning espresso rush.

The store closed in July for the renovation, which also includes a circular coffee bar that brings customers closer to the baristas.

The store is one of Starbucks Corp.’s percolators for ideas that could spread to the Seattle-based chain’s other locations. Company officials have declined to say how soon elements from the shop might appear elsewhere.

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