Serious Eats
Starbucks Closing for 3 Hours Today
Fair warning, coffee addicts: Your local Starbucks will be closed when you go for that late-afternoon cuppa joe. Don't freak. All 7,100 of the chain's U.S. stores will be go dark from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. for employee retraining—all 135,000 baristas. And Dunkin' Donuts knows an opportunity when it sees one; it'll be offering small lattes, cappuccinos, and espressos for 99¢ from 1 to 10 p.m. today.