The Chronicle has a nice story on the struggle by customers of Coastside Gourmet Coffee and Chai to save a local Coastside institution.
“He makes the best chai this side of Jaipur,” said Kathy Rehm, referring to India’s fabled Pink City. “You ain’t going to get the likes of that at Peet’s, I tell you that.”
Teens from Half Moon Bay High School throng the shop after class, hanging out, doing their homework and seeking advice from Bechar and his son, Raj, a teacher at nearby Cunha Intermediate School. A local hardware store worker and an aging surfer swap tales with techies and real estate types under Tibetan prayer flags and the watchful eye of the Dalai Lama, whose photo is perched above the counter.
More than a dozen customers have vowed to appear at next Tuesday’s city council meeting.
CALL THEN BOYCOTT IF THAT DOESNT WORK. There are three choices. Since Peets can’t take over starbucks location in HMB lets communicate to their pr agency in san francisco it is their responsabily not to display the same preditory example starbuck emulates. petes has never displayed anything of this sort in thier 35 year history and the more people that call them the better. the same goes for new leaf in thier 10 years of exisgtance. the landlord isnt going to care about Bechar. please call these small responsable retailers with my ideas or your own.
1 relocate Bechar somewhere else in the community
2 let him stay
3 peets should buy the recipe from Bechar for chai and have it replace thier chai in all thier stores.
Please contact Peets:
1-800-999-2132
New Leaf:
831-466-9060