Starbucks may not be considered a restaurant in Lake Worth by William Waters but in Asia or with Bloomberg or even with Starbucks it's a different story--List of Lake Worth restaurants
Campaign Asia-Pacific has released its annual study of Asia’s Top 1000 Brands. Starbucks is listed 15th overall for 2015, and the number one restaurant brand in Asia. Source: Starbuck News.
According to Bloomberg, Starbucks Corp. has sprinted past Burger King Holdings Inc. and Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc. to become the third-largest U.S. restaurant chain by sales, says industry tracker, Technomic Inc. Click here...
Under Public Hearings on the Lake Worth commission agenda was the First Reading to change the downtown permitted uses and amend various sections of the LDR's on the western side of Dixie Highway saying drive-thrus would not be allowed for restaurants.
Commissioner Maier asked if it were true that it was Starbucks that had inquired about that area and asked if Starbucks wasn't indeed a restaurant. He was shocked with the answer from Waters who said it was not a restaurant. "Wow," he said. Check out Starbucks menu
Apparently no paper-work has been submitted by Starbucks, a corporation that makes over 40% of its income by utilizing drive-thrus. Also, no formal request by Starbucks has been made to build at that location. However, the city is ready, willing and now able to change the permitted uses for a company that may or may not locate there. Both the P&Z and Historic boards voted for the change. And the mayor is for any kind of development. It ended with a 3/2 vote. At least McVoy and Maier know what a restaurant is.
The Trio once again was in its usual mode of barreling on through when it voted to amend a zoning district in our downtown that involved two blocks to the immediate north of Lucerne Avenue and two blocks south of Lake Avenue to allow drive-thrus other than restaurants.
Still believing that Starbucks is NOT a restaurant, Scott Maxwell was satisfied that a Chick-Fil-A could be built north or south of that "special" district. He then "called the question." He didn't want to hear any more discussion from anyone.
13 comments:
haha good one. We sure can reinvent the wheel in L-Dub.
Yeah,like Dave's is not a bar. Like Commissioner Scott Maxwell only Drinks water.Like Piggy Fischer tells the truth.etc etc.
The way that William Waters twists the truth and our rules here in lake Worth is worse than a tornado in Kansas.
And curiously this meeting began with a presentation from our representative on Ethics. (??) WTF about all the lies told at City Commission meetings?? And refusal to even follow procedure when 2 commissioners object to spot zoning? And want a discussion. Black is white and a restaurant is not a restaurant. Lies, what lies? We get speakers on ethics and only lie when our mouths are moving. Bought and paid for by "Moving Forward."
Spot zoning? You can hit three drive-throughs with a stone from this property.
When you wrote this, it was way past your bedttime, anonymous at 3:43am.
We are talking about two blocks north and south of Lucerne NOT the east side of Dixie Highway.
We are talking abut NO restaurants with drive-thrus there although they are changing the code for the possibility of Starbucks.
Staff and our two city boards are re-writing 1) what a restaurant is and 2) don't care about our code just as long as ANYTHING goes there or ANYONE wants to build.
PATHETIC.
This city power roles over for development. PATHETIC again.
Starbucks food is like premade sandwiches everyone can find at the local convince store. They don't make the food in the coffee shop stores - they just pop the premade pastry or sandwich in the oven to heat it up... Not much different than the hot dogs roasting away on the spinning rotisserie, just double the price!
A restaurant is any place that sells food. It has tables and a menu.
According to Websters, a restaurant is "a public eating place".
Gee, I sure would like a drive through on North Ave. 3rd in the middle of my neighborhood, said no one ever.
Are these people lunatics??
Yea right next door to my art studio and gallery.
A better thought would be only allowing drive thru service in this location, no indoor service... That way the rehab flunkies couldn't hang out all day bumming cigs and cash from passerbys and as a bonus with no access to the bathroom, they wouldn't be able to go in there to do drug deals and overdose after shooting herion
Let them overdose.
Is Wendy's a restaurant? If it is, then Starbucks is also. The city need to stop re-inventing the wheel.
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