Even Dunkin' Donuts will make you an egg sandwich from scratch. Granted, they cook the egg in a microwave, but still.
Starbucks won't even toast a bagel for you. It's a little weird, given how elaborate some of their coffee drinks are.
This is hands down, one of the dumbest articles I have EVER read. If you want to be serious about what you eat, you are NOT going to go to Starbucks. Of course their quality is not good! Their coffee is great because it's convenient and quick, not because it's quality. Find something better to criticize. Criticizing ANYTHING at Starbucks is like shooting fish in a barrel.
PS. They dont as sh1ty as it does in that pic above.
I live in Vancouver BC Canada. The Starbucks down the raod is selling the breakfast sandwiches. I *Love* it. There is another place where i go in the morning "Tim Hortons" (Canadian icon) to get a quick bit to eat + a coffee. I can say now, the Starbucks breakfast sandwiches OWN. There are hands down the best. Im hooked.
The best I can tell, the people dissing the Starbucks breakfast sandwiches have not actually eaten one. I had my first in Philadelphia last weekend. It was really good. It was not an Egg McMuffin (which I appreciate for being the healthiest widely available breakfast sandwich, but the spongy muffin and American "cheese" are far from good). I had the ham, egg and cheese version. The Black Forest ham and cheddar cheese were both really good, as was the slightly oversized English muffin. There was nothing special about the egg part, but neither was their anything objectionable about it. It was by far the best breakfast fast food offering I've ever had of the bread/egg/meat/cheese variety.
The people who complain about appearance of the sandwiches remind me of the time a friend of mine was invited to judge the baked goods competition at the state fair. A number of the people on the panel with her wanted to hand out ribbons based on appearance alone without actually tasting the baked goods. Same concept.
Starbucks was in need of more non-sweet breakfast selections. They hit this one out of the ball park. I can't wait until they're in all locations.
Frankly, I'd be happy not to run into any of the grousers in Starbucks.
Despite this review, the general concensus of these sandwiches seems to be pretty popular. Living in Wisconsin, I have yet to try one, but several forums say the things are pretty good. And yes...even worth the money.
I find this new sandwich thing a pretty big plus in the Starbucks consumer world. While Starbucks will always be known for it's coffee, having them offer a little variety is nice. We all love convenience. And this is very convenient.
I tried the Timmy breakfast sandwich yesterday and it was OK, better than a McMuffin but only marginally so. The main point for it is the biscuit that actually tastes a bit like a biscuit instead of the microwaved much of an english muffin at MickeyD....
lshannon's idea for regionalizing the Starbucks' food offerings is a good one. I'd extend the idea to all food items. In NYC, Dean & Deluca, whose coffee IMO is vastly inferior to that of Starbucks, puts together a great baked goods spread because they buy from all sorts of local purveyors, and they tell you who the items are from (Doughnut Plant donuts, Sacramouche orange muffins, etc.). Starbucks may be too big for this kind of variety, though.
I am a big starbucks customer, but I too was disappointed in the sandwhich problem. I think they should serve only those things that they can actually give the same time and attention to- that they give their coffee service.
Buy local at least. out source and make it special within each outlet area... I am sure that there is a company at least in relationship to the city starbucks, who could do these better and still deliver periodically throughout the day?
I know most of you won't know what I am talking about, but this reminds me of Tim Hortons (Timmy Ho's to us Canadians). Are there any other Canadians out there who now eat the Timmy's breakfast sandwich so they don't have to make seperate stops for the McMuffin and a decent coffee.
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