Escondido Scores Drive-Thru Coffee That Isn’t Starbucks | Eater San Diego

"I see the new Better Buzz Coffee Roasters location in Escondido — opening Saturday, January 11 as the company’s eleventh shop — as a welcome infusion in an area with slim options for craft coffee. The Vista-based roastery remains a drop in the bucket compared to giants like Starbucks, but I think it’s carving out a unique niche by offering the cafe experience with drive-thru convenience: the Escondido outpost, housed in a former Starbucks space, is Better Buzz’s sixth cafe/drive-thru combo and is open daily from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Its full range of specialty drinks and the entire food menu — from the popular Best Drink Ever and Orange Matcha Latte to avocado toast and the breakfast sandwich — is available to customers in cars, except for the more time-intensive pour-overs. The 1,470-square-foot space includes an outdoor patio and is the brand’s first location in an ongoing collaboration with design firm MY Studio ID (Pachamama, Madero’s)." - Candice Woo