Starbucks is one of the rare places in New York that will let you use the facilities without buying anything.
Funny, that used to be the reason to go to McDonalds.
That's the reason you go to McDonald's, KFC's, and Pizza Huts in China. They're the fanciest and cleanest restaurants around.
Music is nice too. Helps to focus.
And notice how no one does standup routines about having a restroom across the hall from a restroom, or the fact that one of them has a line out the door and the other has no wait.