The best restaurant/retail store to put beside a Starbucks?

[Brooks Foster]

Hello all!! I am looking at purchasing a piece of property beside a Starbucks and want to know what is the best establishment to put beside a Starbucks? 

[Dan Wallace]

There was an article in the WSJ a few years back where a smaller coffee franchisee's strategy was to open a coffee shop right across the street from a Starbucks and he was wildly successful. Let Starbucks drive the traffic and then poach their customers. I know I would much rather go a different coffee shop than Starbucks if given the option