(03/06/18) New! Starbucks Coffee Shop from Menards!

Oh boy...

All the zombies on the forums are gonna be offended now.

TV Studio?

Out door movie theater with a brewery next to it... beat you Mike....LOL..

Coffee /donut shop?

WOW your fast this morning! Well I guess I am going to have to change my guess! I was thinking what the wife looks like when she sees all the money spent on trains. So maybe a beauty salon! LOL

Something from the “Wild Mary” road?

Starbucks???

Ding ding ding! We have a winner.  AMC Dave hit's it right on the head with Starbucks

X2 (or more) Coffee/Donut Shop...

They already made a Starbucks, so I have no idea! 

I am hoping for a modern Starbucks coffee shop or the like.

- Carl

Dunkin Donut Shop. Everything runs better with Dunkin.

Definitely a brewery.

My Local Brewery Version:

jim sutter posted:

Dunkin Donut Shop. Everything runs better with Dunkin.

Lol at first I thought you said Drunkin Donuts because of a Brewery!

My guess would simply be a coffee factory or even some type of coffee storage facility.

MIKATT1 posted:

They already made a Starbucks, so I have no idea! 

When did they make a Starbucks?  As part of the office building/headquarters?

I’m hoping for a stand alone version.  

My 1977 Chattanooga Choo Choo had a Maxwell House Billboard.

Wait a minute, they're doing a building based on my home life! Wow  LOL

MIKATT1 posted:

They already made a Starbucks, so I have no idea! 

Yes, but they are on every block so you need a lot of them

its the Bates motel from "Psycho" with illuminated Zombie women.

mike g. posted:

jim sutter posted:

Dunkin Donut Shop. Everything runs better with Dunkin.

Lol at first I thought you said Drunkin Donuts because of a Brewery!

  My first applied for job, I made the donuts. At 3am, the crowd often makes it Drunkin Donuts, take my word for it  

Best donuts, but I hate the coffee.  Starbucks is a one cup affair; a caffine o.d., 

Timmy's is nice all day, any day

Starbucks has been done?......Bob Evens has good coffee.

A water tower that brews coffee? 

     I don' know.. maybe sumpin like that....

This one steamed

The "steamer" owners had a delivery truck too

A coffee plant............Paul

Carl Peduzzi posted:

MIKATT1 posted:

They already made a Starbucks, so I have no idea! 

When did they make a Starbucks?  As part of the office building/headquarters?

I’m hoping for a stand alone version.  

It was only four months ago and was all discussed here in a loooong teaser thread and a followup thread by Cabinet Bob with numerous photos.

https://ogrforum.com/...rs-building-pictures

And it’s still currently available:

https://www.menards.com/main/h.../p-1473344092198.htm

That’s not to say Menards couldn’t do another version. There was a smaller Red Owl following the big Red Owl, after all. But I kind of doubt it.

I’m leaning toward a coffee factory, maybe with a matching covered hopper. I still love billboard hoppers, reefers and boxcars.

Jim R:   "That’s not to say Menards couldn’t do another version. There was a smaller Red Owl following the big Red Owl, after all. But I kind of doubt it."

There was a small Red Owl after the release of the Big Red Owl?  And I missed it?  Wow!   Do you have a link or pics for the smaller Red Owl?

-Ken

Ken-Oscale posted:

Jim R:   "That’s not to say Menards couldn’t do another version. There was a smaller Red Owl following the big Red Owl, after all. But I kind of doubt it."

There was a small Red Owl after the release of the Big Red Owl?  And I missed it?  Wow!   Do you have a link or pics for the smaller Red Owl?

-Ken

https://www.menards.com/main/h...50120207&ipos=22

Since I am enjoying a coffee at Duncan Donuts right now, I am also going along with Jim on that idea.

How about a convenience store like 7/11, Wawa or a Mini-Mart (Krispy Kreme?).

How about the Canadian and northeast chain of Tim Horton's. I don't see any in Wi. but there are some in MN and many northeast states.

Skyline rooftop bar/ restaurant  with shots of espresso

A Sheetz store with a lot of coffee.

I’m not really expecting it, but I would love it if Menards opted for another regional store chain from its home state: Kwik Trip. The La Crosse, Wis., based convenience store chain has an appealing design, because it’s really a mini grocery store more than the typical food-and-fuel places. Hot coffee is always on hand.

But I’m thinking Menards has something more coffee-centric in the works, unless Mark is again serving up a red herring to keep the guessers guessing until Clue No. 2.

I vote for Sweetwaters donut mill.

Ken

jim sutter posted:

A Sheetz store with a lot of coffee.

I could get behind a Sheetz or Wawa. It would give me a modern gas station as well as a convenience store.

- Carl

N5CJonny posted:

Since I am enjoying a coffee at Duncan Donuts right now, I am also going along with Jim on that idea.

Me too.  Love the DD Keurig pods.  I have just the spot for a DD Shop.

rtraincollector posted:

Ken-Oscale posted:

Jim R:   "That’s not to say Menards couldn’t do another version. There was a smaller Red Owl following the big Red Owl, after all. But I kind of doubt it."

There was a small Red Owl after the release of the Big Red Owl?  And I missed it?  Wow!   Do you have a link or pics for the smaller Red Owl?

-Ken

https://www.menards.com/main/h...50120207&ipos=22

 

I see, its the Watkins City Block that includes a Red Owl within the block.   Got it.

So, Menard's could do a new version of Watkins City Block but with a Starbucks instead of Red Owl.

645 posted:

mike g. posted:

jim sutter posted:

Dunkin Donut Shop. Everything runs better with Dunkin.

Lol at first I thought you said Drunkin Donuts because of a Brewery!

I think you need to start attending AA meetings - you are starting to sound like a full blown alcoholic with your many repeated cries for a brewery.   

 

Jim R. posted:

I’m not really expecting it, but I would love it if Menards opted for another regional store chain from its home state: Kwik Trip. The La Crosse, Wis., based convenience store chain has an appealing design, because it’s really a mini grocery store more than the typical food-and-fuel places. Hot coffee is always on hand.

But I’m thinking Menards has something more coffee-centric in the works, unless Mark is again serving up a red herring to keep the guessers guessing until Clue No. 2.

Either SuperAmerica or Holiday* pioneered the modern version of the convenience store - both were based in Minnesota which is Menard's home territory and would seem to be a natural for them to do in model form.

*I know I have the facts/pictures in a book or two at home - am pretty sure it was one of these two. Holiday is now owned by a Canadian company.

Here's a 1976 view of an Erickson/Holiday C-store that was at 7916 Minnetonka Blvd. in St. Louis Park, MN:

I'd buy one of these in O! And how about the phone booth and 48 cents price of gas back then!

WOW 645, first off I want to thank you for bashing on me! Second I would like to point out that the BREWERY thing has been an on going joke here whenever Menards put out hints. But as far as my health and what I do is no concern of your! This is a place to learn, have fun, and talk with others into trains! Not to point out what you may think is a problem with a forum member!

You sir have a good day! 

We love you my brother!