This is all over (what’s remaining of) the Atlanta blogosphere this morning, but Alex was good enough to send it along last night.  Reuters reported late yesterday that Starbucks will soon begin selling beer and wine at some locations around Atlanta and Southern California.  Here’s a blurb…

Starbucks is planning to add beer, wine and food such as savory snacks and hot flatbreads to the menus in four to six outlets in both Atlanta and Southern California.

The world’s biggest coffee chain started selling those items at a Seattle cafe in October 2010. Five stores in the Seattle area and one in Portland, Oregon, now offer the extended menu.

Interesting that the new test locations are Atlanta and S. California, no?  Do we have a drinking problem?

Anywho, the obvious question is – will the downtown Decatur location be one of these test locations?  That’s currently unknown, but I’ve heard rumblings over the last couple months that Starbucks employees have been telling patrons at the downtown location that the store would be closing for at least a month for a renovation some time in the near future.

Could they be related?