USA Today: Historian Bryant Simon on Starbucks

In a striking cultural signal of just how differently consumers are eating, Starbucks has leaped ahead of Burger King and Wendy's to become the nation's third-largest chain restaurant in domestic sales. "Starbucks has become the default cup of coffee for most people," says Bryant Simon, history professor at Temple and author of Everything but the Coffee: Learning About America from Starbucks.
April 26, 2011 | USA Today