Starbucks Roastery in Seattle takes your cup of coffee very seriously.  It’s not just a cafe, it’s a small batch roasting facility.  Forget the coffee, I’d go just to see the stunning architecture and machinery up close.

It’s a Starbucks/Wonka’s factory mash-up and it is beautiful. There are great mid-century modern details and warm woods to give it that signature Starbucks look, but the roastery mixes high tech, low tech. modern and antique together to create a visual explosion of  moving parts.  It’s the coffee equivalent of the original Niketown.