It seems 25,000 signatures weren't enough to keep a Starbucks out of Yosemite. It's the first Starbucks location in a national park, and "we wanted to be respectful to the park and added only what we needed to," adds a store designer with the chain. There's no exterior signage, and Chain Store Age reports on one "cue" it took from its natural setting: The bar is covered in reclaimed redwood from Northern California. That's likely not enough to satisfy Freddy Brewster, the former Yosemite trail guide and man behind the petition: The store opening "is representative of what our culture is becoming," he tells the Guardian. This article originally appeared on Newser.com: "There's No Sign Outside, But There's Starbucks at Yosemite"

Source: Fox News March 26, 2018 16:20 UTC