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Good  luck on your project. Here is an idea. (I've been doing television 
production for a number of years.)

Team up with a classmate in Public Relations. Go out to the suburbs where 
new coffee shops are opening up everywhere. In fact, there is a fairly 
new one in the Kentlands center in Gaithersburg/Germantown. There is also 
a new Shoppers Food Warehouse that has a huge cafe area. (lighting will 
be tough, lot of mixed light sources and mercury vapor lamps).

Anyway, if you tell the shop owner that you will help him get a story in 
the local newspaper, you will have much more success. First of all, the 
local newspapers are always looking to print anything. All you have to do 
is write a press release, perhaps take a production photo or two, and 
send it in to the papers in advance of your shoot. Believe me, even for a 
college film the store will have interested parties come over. 

Does this make sense? Did I answer your question?

The other approach is to Contact Starbucks in Seattle and then talk to 
their regional manager. 

You should know that some of the bigger locations will require some sort 
of insurance even though you are a student. Is that provided by the 
school?

Good Luck
Avery