Go down to N'awlins sometime and get some REAL coffee. The coffee importers and roasters there were cookin' coffee before Seattle was cleared from the forest. I have a good silent laugh whenever a Washingtonian brags about the "greatness" of Seattle coffee. Have some beignets while you're about it.
I lived in Europe for 4 years, and absolutely love the coffee there. Starbucks is a European style coffee, and has the largest market coverage of any European style coffee house. The two times I have been to New Orleans, I stayed at the Hilton and bought coffee in their little coffee shop, which sells Starbucks coffee. It was good.
I guess the beignets are okay in New Orleans. What really impressed me, though, was the bread pudding. I could gain 50 pounds just thinking about it.