In Vassalboro, a rural community in Maine, there was a time when one gas station was your only food source within the town's borders. Hungry? You can...

(image) How the hell is an independent coffee shop supposed to survive with twelve Starbucks located in the surrounding areas, the closest one only a half...

(image) Let's face it, you're either a lover or a hater. Myself, I can't help but drown myself in Starbucks coffee at every available opportunity.

(image) Seattle is to coffee like New York to cosmos, Tijuana to tequila, or like the entire state of Texas is to Steel Reserve—an ethno-diuretic association...

For better or for worse, Starbucks coffeehouses have become America's cultural outposts. Once you're out of America's urban centers, at least...