The Best Coffee In The Pacific Northwest Isn't From Starbucks, It's From A Kiosk

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The Best Coffee In The Pacific Northwest Isn't From Starbucks, It's From A Kiosk By Kat Olvera Oct. 18, 2025 10:00 pm EST

When people think of the Pacific Northwest (PNW), they likely think of rain, beautiful landscape, and coffee — Starbucks coffee usually. While Starbucks did open its first location in 1971 at Seattle, Washington's Pike Place Market, many of those who call the PNW home prefer to frequent different establishments like coffee kiosks, stands, or shacks (the name has yet to be solidified). Travel west and you'll notice an influx of seemingly random drive-up coffee stands in varying shapes, sizes, and colors. From reimagined Fotomat huts to shacks resembling lighthouses, like Lighthouse Coffee Co. on the Oregon coast, these little coffee h