# Dopers living outside the Pacific Northwest, how common are drive-through espresso stands? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-living-outside-the-pacific-northwest-how-common-are-drive-through-espresso-stands/797551 "2017-09-28T23:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-living-outside-the-pacific-northwest-how-common-are-drive-through-espresso-stands/797551/41 "2017-10-01T18:08:39Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > I can’t think of any in Northern Nevada. Carson Coffee, Coffee on Main just off the top of my head. and more Dutch Brothers all the time. AND Starbucks. I sincerely doubt Reno has none. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-living-outside-the-pacific-northwest-how-common-are-drive-through-espresso-stands/797551/42 "2017-10-03T02:10:42Z")
Yeah, I think it’s primarily a PEN thing. None I know of in Chicagoland. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-living-outside-the-pacific-northwest-how-common-are-drive-through-espresso-stands/797551/43 "2017-10-03T02:38:31Z")
Madison, WI – One here (“MOKA”). There are a few places that have a token drive-up window that gets 1% as much business as the interior counter. MOKA opened a few years ago on the main drag into downtown, and does 95% of its business at their drive-up. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-living-outside-the-pacific-northwest-how-common-are-drive-through-espresso-stands/797551/44 "2017-10-03T04:10:08Z")
Apparently [there’s one in the Chicago area](http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/?id=294436). Look at the picture - that’s what the OP is talking about, not the Starbucks drive-thru. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-living-outside-the-pacific-northwest-how-common-are-drive-through-espresso-stands/797551/45 "2017-10-03T04:44:30Z")
> [@ENugent](#): > > Apparently [there’s one in the Chicago area](http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/?id=294436). Look at the picture - that’s what the OP is talking about, not the Starbucks drive-thru. Is it still there? I noticed the article you linked is from 2009. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-living-outside-the-pacific-northwest-how-common-are-drive-through-espresso-stands/797551/46 "2017-10-03T05:11:21Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Is it still there? I noticed the article you linked is from 2009. No idea - I found the article when I was looking for a photo of a coffee shanty to show what I thought you were talking about. (I was right about that, wasn’t I?) ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-living-outside-the-pacific-northwest-how-common-are-drive-through-espresso-stands/797551/47 "2017-10-08T12:28:50Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Is it still there? I noticed the article you linked is from 2009. According to Yelp, it’s closed. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-living-outside-the-pacific-northwest-how-common-are-drive-through-espresso-stands/797551/48 "2017-10-08T20:29:05Z")
One near where we live, but they are by no means common. Starbux- now _those_ are common. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-living-outside-the-pacific-northwest-how-common-are-drive-through-espresso-stands/797551/49 "2017-10-08T20:55:43Z")
I lived in L.A. until 12/2003. When I visited Bellingham, the number of drive-through coffee kiosks was remarkable. Back in L.A., I don’t think I ever saw one. Of course that was 14 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-living-outside-the-pacific-northwest-how-common-are-drive-through-espresso-stands/797551/50 "2017-10-09T13:21:48Z")
To better get at what the OP is after, I think, we might try mapping the area within which “espresso” just means “coffee,” rather than meaning, you know, “espresso.” I live in Wisconsin, which is just barely close enough to the Northwest to have a few places that claim to have “espresso,” but really just have coffee. 🙂 Having been disappointed a couple times, I’m now more wary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-living-outside-the-pacific-northwest-how-common-are-drive-through-espresso-stands/797551.md?page=2)