Cafe Evoke meets Starbucks

As it turns out, the delay on signing the lease seems to have nothing to do with our menu "change" but rather a call from Starbucks who is now interested, again, in the space two doors down from the one we have been diligently working on. At this point, it looks like back to the drawing board for Cafe Evoke and into business for Starbucks. I can relate, now, all the small business out there who get bullied around by the big guys. How would this change our future relationship with these owners if they really seem to care nothing about us? Looking on the bright side, I guess now I can join the challenge for Fair Trade coffee in Starbucks locations worldwide. It is important to note here that I understand that our little mermaid friends really have nothing to do with our ability to gain control -- and keys -- to this space and I understand that if it was not for the chain coffee in this country would be even more greatly underserved, I still would appreciate some respect from business people who really know nothing about the green giants. They are not always right you know! We have already begun looking for other spaces and are hoping to meet with some other building owners when we return from our "relaxing" trip to Nashville. I have requested that the owners of the space return to us both signed copies of the lease and our deposit check and we will go from there. This is not a done deal yet and we could still move in. I am just not sure if I really want to deal with these people anymore. I am not sure how many times we have to keep getting up but for now, we are back on our feet -- sort of -- and moving on. Yes we have lost money (quite a bit at this point) that we will not be able to recover, but I think we are still in good shape. We will keep you updated.