# NYC Starbucks bombed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559 "2009-05-25T13:27:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/1 "2009-05-25T13:27:14Z")
Story [here](http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/starbucks-new-york-bombed-in-mahattan_100196846.html) Someone really must hate them! ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/2 "2009-05-25T13:42:49Z")
It’s probably those frickin terrorists from Dunkin’ Donuts. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/3 "2009-05-25T14:48:25Z")
At five bucks for a cup of coffee, I’m surprised there are _any_ left standing. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/4 "2009-05-25T14:51:33Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > At five bucks for a cup of coffee, I’m surprised there are _any_ left standing. I know things are expensive in NYC, but $5 for a cup of coffee? Really? I get coffee from Starbucks around here for a little over $2, but then I don’t get frou-frou drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/5 "2009-05-25T14:55:21Z")
A venti Coffee of the Day costs [$1.70](http://www.culturalarts.org/starbucksmenu.asp). ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/6 "2009-05-25T15:07:07Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > It’s probably those frickin terrorists from Dunkin’ Donuts. Yes. We should coffeeboard them all until someone confesses. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/7 "2009-05-25T15:08:11Z")
Ah, I don’t drink coffee at all. I completely associate Starbucks with the frou frou drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/8 "2009-05-25T15:10:41Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > It’s probably those frickin terrorists from Dunkin’ Donuts. Mmm… donutboarding. ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/9 "2009-05-25T16:48:50Z")
Wait, only 1 location was bombed? That can’t be possible… ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/10 "2009-05-25T18:38:47Z")
Probably the same guy who bombed the Mexican Consulate and the US Army Recruitment Center right there. Had a bike, as I recall. Been doing it for a few years. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/11 "2009-05-25T18:43:42Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > It’s probably those frickin terrorists from Dunkin’ Donuts. Michelle Malkin was right about Rachael Ray in the kaffiyeh! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/12 "2009-05-25T19:19:38Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > Wait, only 1 location was bombed? That can’t be possible… Yeah, you’d think even the smallest bomb would hit 2-3 locations just from the splash damage. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/13 "2009-05-25T21:56:07Z")
it is impossible to set off a bomb in NYC and hit only one Starbucks. Seriously, 92nd St. and 3rd Ave. I think I was in it a couple years ago. Anyone know if it has a short ramp just inside the door? ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/14 "2009-05-25T22:37:07Z")
So _that’s_ why they build Starbucks shops across from each other, redundant backups… I guess if it wasn’t for his horse, he wouldn’t have spent that year in college though… ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/15 "2009-05-25T22:52:52Z")
Is it just me, or isn’t there a difference between the store getting bombed, and a bomb going off outside the store? ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/16 "2009-05-26T01:19:01Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > It’s probably those frickin terrorists from Dunkin’ Donuts. Time to make the [del]doughnuts[/del] explosives ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/17 "2009-05-26T01:37:42Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > Is it just me, or isn’t there a difference between the store getting bombed, and a bomb going off outside the store? That occurred to me too. Especially when the article said there was, “no damage to the inside of the store.” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/18 "2009-05-26T02:44:53Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Probably the same guy who bombed the Mexican Consulate and the US Army Recruitment Center right there. Had a bike, as I recall. Been doing it for a few years. You mean some guy has a grudge against a particular address? That’s kinda cool. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/19 "2009-05-26T03:07:13Z")
Not exactly sure what’s going on. I think he’s anticapitalist by his choice of targets, and they all seem to be in the Times Square area. It always seems to happen in the dead zone of night… the city may never sleep, but at 3:00-4:00 AM, it’s pretty hung over. Never been an injury, either. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559/20 "2009-05-26T03:44:14Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > That occurred to me too. Especially when the article said there was, “no damage to the inside of the store.” Sensational journalism I suppose. The AP title is lightyears better, and more realistic: [4th NYC nighttime blast shatters Starbucks windows](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jf0CBGBEwXmVjgp6dCtxg9zH-wOgD98DL8385) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-starbucks-bombed/497559.md?page=2)