Can Starbucks build on site of Boston Tea Party?
“A fierce public debate has broken out over plans to build a Starbucks coffeehouse two blocks from Boston Harbor. The harbor is where the 1773 Boston Tea Party took place, when colonists spilled a shipload of British tea to protest high taxes,” freelancer Ben Krull joshed for The Seattle Times’ opinion page on Friday. “Opponents of the coffeehouse see it as a provocation, meant to symbolize coffee’s triumph over tea as America’s favorite morning drink. ‘This is like placing a Yankees souvenir stand next to Fenway Park,’ an elderly man said at a recent town-hall meeting.” If you missed it, check out the rest of Krull’s satire.
