Evaluation of the products and services of Starbucks Coffee The problem and review of related literature A café, a coffee shop or a bar (French/Spanish/Portuguese: café; Italian: café) shares some of the characteristics of a bar and some characteristics of a restaurant, but is different from a coffee shop. As the name suggests, coffee shops focus on providing coffee, tea and light snacks. Food choices range from pastries and muffins to soups and sandwiches. From a cultural point of view, coffeehouses largely serve as centers of social interaction: this provides social members with a place to gather, talk, write, read, entertain each other or spend time, both individually and in small groups. It is starting to be appreciated by people with white-collar jobs, who can afford the luxury of drinking their daily dose of coffee at a high price. Coffee shops are often indoors, but the trend has begun to set up their stalls on the sidewalks. Major cities in Asia began to replicate one type of Western urban form, the commercial center, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The shopping centers were built one after another. Fast food outlets serving the thousands of people who visit the mall every day are also part of the mall. Coffee drinkers who frequented coffee shops have embraced these large shopping malls and their fast food outlets serving instant coffee. The number of coffee shops began to decline. People in the Philippines are very outgoing and love to socialize. The coffee scene is a social place where people go to enjoy each other's company over a nice cup of coffee. The coffee shop is truly a great place for Filipinos. This is probably why the coffee shop industry is currently booming. Metro Manila has been gripped by the epidemic of coffee drinking, yuppies; young people fill the venues which have introduced previously unknown coffee blends from all over the world.