15 Unbelievable Photos of Fast Food Restaurants Then and Now

STARBUCKS THEN

Opened in Seattle in 1971, Starbucks started as a coffee roaster after founders Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker saw Alfred Peet succeed with Peet’s in San Francisco.

Taking the name from the chief mate in Melville’s “Moby-Dick,” the partners opened on Western Avenue from 1971-1976 before relocating to 1912 Pike Place. The only brewed coffee served in the store were free samples, though future Starbucks owner Howard Schultz would make espressos and lattes with Starbucks beans at his Il Giornale coffee shop.