Starbucks

Owners of commercial real estate aren’t expecting a banner year for their retail property.

A week of goodbyes at WII: goodbye to IHOP’s waitstaff (at least some of them). Goodbye to Starbuck’s bathrooms (at least some of them). Goodbye to goodwill between restaurants and food trucks (at least in Buffalo). And goodbye to sane customers (at least with this one guy).

A lot of places don’t bother with hot drinks because they can be difficult to execute, but it’s something we embrace,” says Bob McCoy, beverage programs liaison at Eastern Standard Kitchen & Drinks in Boston. “Not only do we offer five or six hot specialty drinks seasonally, but we are ready to prepare anything a guest might call for.”