Starbucks

Price

White Chocolate Mocha

$4.45 (Grande – 16 oz)

Egg and Cheese English Muffin $2.95

Cleanliness

I think one thing Starbucks can pride itself on is its cleanliness. I do not remember ever walking into a Starbucks anywhere thinking “ugh, how filthy.” Despite having a seating area separated from the rest of the building, it seems employees have no difficulty wiping off tables, sweeping up messes or throwing away spare straws.

Quality

As usual, the coffee is a little too sweet for me. Though I typically enjoy my coffee black. I can taste the flavor of the signature roast, which strikes me as earthy. It offers a sweet tooth satisfaction while keeping me wide-awake.

Einstein Bros. Bagels

Price

White Chocolate Mocha

$4.29 (Regular – 16 oz)

$5.09 Egg and Cheese Bagel

Cleanliness

I frequent this location at least once a week and love the bagels, sandwiches and pastries they offer. However, excelling in flavor is negated by the cleanliness. I do often see staff sweeping — I see a lot of sweeping — but the display case has crumbs, icing and smudgy fingerprints everywhere, not to mention a few tables have leftover bags

and crumbs.

Quality

This curbed my sweet tooth a little more pleasantly. As I said before, I’m not a huge fan of sweet coffee drinks. So, the more potent coffee taste was pleasing. Einstein’s brew is a bit too bitter for me, though, and the aftertaste was strong on the back of my tongue.