“I saw on Facebook that they were open,” said Bethany Owings, 28, who walked 10 blocks from Hell’s Kitchen with daughter Ava Ferrier, 1 1/2, for a fix.
“When she said they were open, I was like, ‘Pack the baby up. Let’s go!’ ” the triple-espresso fan said. “There’s nothing else we would’ve gone out for. This makes the day complete.”
Starbucks officials asked East Coast stores to close as early as 2 p.m. yesterday, citing safety.
“I didn’t know they were all going to close. I started panicking,” Hernandez said with a chuckle.
“It was scary not having Starbucks,” said Owings, who orders tea, not coffee.
