Starbucks’ “Evenings” selections include items such as Parmesan-crusted chicken skewers with honey-dijon sauce, chocolate fondue with a dried fruit medley and cookies, and beer and wine from Argentina, Italy and California, and it part of the chain’s ongoing effort to branch out beyond the coffee through which it became famous, according to the Los Angeles Times.
An employee of the Far Hills Avenue confirmed that Starbucks plans to pilot the expanded hours and menu at the Oakwood shop, but said it could be as long as two years before the changes were fully implemented. She referred questions to Starbucks corporate officials, who, in an email response, offered little in the way of details about plans for the Oakwood store.
“We’re in the very early stages of considering our store at 2424 Far Hills Avenue in Oakwood for the Evenings menu,” a Starbucks spokesman said. “It’s a long and thoughtful process, and the (beer and wine license) permit filing is just one of many steps we take.”
Starbucks points out on its web site that 70 percent of Starbucks customers drink wine, compared to 30 percent of the general U.S. population. Starbucks customers also are twice as likely to drink craft beer than the national average, the coffee chain’s officials said.
Adding the evening small-plates food menu and alcoholic beverages provides “another occasion for (our) customers to visit Starbucks during the evening hours … giving them a place to start and end their day” at a Starbucks.
Starbucks operates more than two dozen locations, some free-standing and some inside other businesses, in the Dayton and northern Cincinnati area.
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