IT’S NEW MEXICO’S BIGGEST STARBUCKS EVER. PEOPLE CROWDED INTO THE NEW COFFEE SHOP MONDAY MORNING ON 12TH STREET NEAR I-40, ON WHAT WAS ONCE THE ALBUQUERQUE INDIAN SCHOOL GROUNDS. THE NEW STARBUCKS MEASURES NEARLY 5-THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND IS OPERATED BY INDIAN PUEBLOS MARKETING. IT’S SEATING CAPACITY IS 175 PEOPLE.
AND UNLIKE OTHER STARBUCKS AROUND THE WORLD, THIS ONE FEATURES TWO KIVA FIREPLACES, HISTORIC PUEBLO PHOTOS ON THE WALL, AND COMMISSIONED ARTWORK.