<![CDATA[Valleywag: Metreon]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/valleywag.com.png <![CDATA[Valleywag: Metreon]]> http://valleywag.com/tag/metreon http://valleywag.com/tag/metreon <![CDATA[ Downtown San Francisco no longer capable of supporting three Starbucks per intersection ]]> You are not your coffeeNext year's Macworld may be the last chance to make a shamefaced Starbucks run to the mall-kiosk latte dispenser in the Metreon. Why did the Seattle coffee monoculturist give six months' notice of that coffee-bar's closure, and 599 others? Why, to retrain loyalists on other locations within footsteps. We already know that you drink only at establishments where the coffee pickers are unionized, graduate-degreed, and constantly hugged. And so do we. But here's our map of the remaining South of Market Starbucks — and all the Blue Bottle locations — anyway. Only to show to your sleep-addled board members when they visit for a meeting.


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(Photo by Davity Dave)

]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:20:00 PDT Melissa Gira Grant http://valleywag.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5026850&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Secret Facebook event at the Metreon tonight ]]> Sony MetreonWhile out and about, a possibly over-enthusiastic Valleywag correspondent heard rumors of a Facebook "prom" being held at the highly anticipated, but as yet unopened, new San Francisco branch of New York's famed Tavern on the Green within the Metreon in SOMA. Those lucky few on the inside remember: Pics or it didn't happen! Update: There is indeed a private Facebook party on the fourth floor of the Metreon, but of course the Tavern on the Green won't take over the space until at least next year.(Photo by Shiny Things)

]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 21:54:53 PDT Jackson West http://valleywag.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389234&view=rss&microfeed=true