Sam I Am & Addicted; Starbucks is considered a restaurant for all practical purposes. They DO serve food in-house. You can really go into a pilpul that they serve only Mezonos (Cake) and what is the “Ikkar” and the “Tofail”, since they are a Coffee Shop that serves cake as a side dish. But, from a Halachic standpoint it makes no difference. Since they serve sit-down (as opposed to take-out only)meals, too. In that sense, the Barnes & Noble Book store is on the same level. (As a matter of fact. There is a combo B&N-Starbucks store in Manhattan, NY.)But, even for those people who drink Cholov Stam, there is a problem how the metal milk containers are washed. (What other food dispensing dishes are washed in the same batch or machine.)
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