Letters to the Editor

I’m writing with regard to Patrick Savage’s Dec. 1 column, “Rao’s Coffeehouse surpasses Starbucks by far.” I agree entirely with Savage’s comments that the coffees served at Rao’s are outstanding, and that the ambiance is hard to beat. In addition, as Savage notes, Rao’s is locally owned. In drinking a cup there, one supports an Amherst business rather than the corporately-owned, non-franchised, multinational down the block that sends its profits out of our community to its West Coast headquart