"We have become known as 'the Starbucks of flowers.' "
-- KaBloom Web site
"Savor a HoneyBaked Ham (honeybaked.com), the Starbucks of the ham business."
-- eHow.com
"Cereality wants to be the Starbucks of the breakfast bowl."
-- Business 2.0
"The Post is becoming the Starbucks of saloons."
-- Detroit Free Press
Is PrairieStone Pharmacy "the Starbucks of pharmacies?"
-- Fast Company
"Robert Bosch Corporation [is] apparently the Starbucks of fuel-injector makers."
-- Jalopnik.com
"Tate Britain has mounted the Starbucks of art exhibitions."
-- The Daily Telegraph (London)
"We want to be the Starbucks -- the gourmet T-shirt maker -- for the screen printer."
-- American Apparel CEO Dov Charney
"[Digital Planet's Richard] Meltzer was there, and came back convinced Baltimore is the place to build 'the Starbucks of technology support.' "
-- Baltimore Business Journal
Einstein Bros. Bagels are "the Starbucks of chewy mounds of dough."
-- Review on Epinions.com
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