The Pfister Hotel – Starbucks

424 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee

If you happen to be in downtown Milwaukee on the East Side, midday, and desire a coffee, there’s no more convenient place, really—The Pfister Hotel is pretty much dead-center (I don’t know where else the center would be, expect my apartment, but that would be kind of egocentric to proclaim). The Starbucks is in the Pfister Café—I’m not sure if it’s a Starbucks “franchise” or not, but it’s one where you can add a tip to your check, for whatever that’s worth (it’s worth something to the employees). You can get coffee to go, or even better, sit in the Pfister lobby, which is one of the more spectacular and elegant spots in town. You might see celebrities, politicians, rock stars, pro athletes, ghost hunters, or just modest lovers of elegance and coffee like yourself. It was just in the news, another incident of a baseball player encountering a ghost. The ghosts seem to like baseball players for some reason. You don’t necessarily get a haunted feeling sitting in the lobby, but you can imagine it’s 100 years ago. And if you have a chance to explore, I’m sure that place has some secret rooms forgotten by all but the wandering spirits.

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