Burn, Kofe Haus, Burn

Cue a primal, Arsenio Hall hoot of "USA! USA! USA!" My opinionated, fanny-packed brethren sent us Starbucks on Sept. 2 to wipe out the capital's miserable coffee-joints. The most expensive drink on Starbucks' menu may be 270 rubles, but it's undoubtedly better that the thimbles of slop we got by on before. Look, I'm not the only one that feels this way. The design studio of Art Lebedev posted this cute little message on its blog:

Dear Starbucks! Do what you have to do to put Kofe Haus and Shokolodnitsa to death

Add Zen Coffee, Coffee Bean and especially Kofemania to that list, to make the Great Purge complete. Here's the contact if you want to join the movement: my_job@starbuckscoffee.ru.

Photos: flickr.com/photos/joemclaren, artlebedev.ru

Starbucks (inside Mega Mall), Khimki, Tel. 648-9466 , starbuckscoffee.ru