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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
It's probably for insurance reasons they have the faux fireplace, or maybe shariah law forbids fireplaces there. Not sure f you know this but the majority stakeholder in Caribou is a bank out of the middle east and it's specifically written that CC has to follow shariah rules in how they operate (how they borrow money, no porn, alcohol or pork served etc). It's quite interesting.
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Really? Wow, I didn't know that. That is very interesting. Now, when I go I'm going to be looking for things that seem to be different from the other coffee shops I go to. I also didn't know what a simulated fireplace was called (
). Thanks PiKA.
Yep, at first, I kind of figured that maybe it could have been for insurance reasons.
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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
But in regards to other Michigan coffee places-
The coffee beanery....horrid
Panera...good food but the coffee is so-so
Tim Hortons...never really had it
Biggsby...didn't care for it as Beaners and wasn't impressed after the whole name/image change either.
Dunkin Donuts-good drip coffee but those donuts are too tempting so I avoid that place.
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lol
High fiving ya -the Coffee Beanery is awful. Yuck! -There was another coffee shop, which I think was a Coffee Beanery as I can remember. It closed. It was on the corner of Grand River and Meadowbrook, which I thought was a good location, so I was surprised when it closed. It closed long before I moved to Westbloom from Lansing.
I don't go to Panera as often as I used to. I think I've had coffee there maybe a few times. I would get an asiago cheese bagel, and an orange juice whenever I would go.
Hey, what happened to Biggby's old name? I can't remember if I read it on here or if someone told me. But, I remember the name being changed from Beaners to Biggby, because of something racial. I could be wrong, but that's what I remember reading, or when I was talking to someone about it. I like their coffee, though. It's not always hot, but the one I go to has a microwave, so I nuke it for a few seconds...still kind of annoying that I sometimes have to do that, though.
I've never been to Tim Hortons. I hear they have great coffee.
Yeah, I hear ya. I like Dunkin Donuts, but I don't go as often. I have to watch my figure.