Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of Starbucks here. It's just that, instead of seeing them every block, you see them maybe only every 5 or 6 blocks. Seemingly more prevalent than the naughty coffee goddess are location after location of gaudy orange and purple Dunkin' Donuts signs. I find it kind of charming in a, "God I'm glad to be inundated with the presence a completely different chain" kind of way.
There's something less sickening about the Dunkin' Donuts impact on the region. It seems to be embraced more universally than Starbucks is in the West. For instance, I was reading through the latest issue of Boston's Weekly Dig, which includes a reader's poll type "Best Of the Area" feature this week. Included are all the usual categories one sees in these types of things: Best Burger, Best Haircut, Best Pub, Best Dunkin' Donuts?
Dunkin' Donuts is more than a store, my friends. Dunkin' Donuts is a frickin' genre! The winner of this year's "Best Dunkin' Donuts" award is the 750 Washington Street location, where apparently an employee named Claudia is known to shake her booty to dance music while expressing her "love of the Rolling Stones and America in general."
The Rolling Stones and Dunkin' Donuts pretty much sums up America, 'round these parts.
2 comments :
Dunkin Donuts rocks! I grew up on Dunkin Donuts (and Nor'Easters) and the coffee ain't so bad. But maybe it's because I grew up on it and it was where the cops hung out :)
Yeah who ever heard of cops hanging out at Starbucks? I mean, except in the Castro maybe...
I forget you're originally Nor'Eastern - I think I figure anybody who likes X (the band!) that much must be from LA :)
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