Free Coffee For Front-Line Workers At Starbucks In Brookline

BROOKLINE, MA — Front-line workers can get free coffee throughout December from Starbucks, including the several in Brookline.

The chain known for its coffee said it will offer front-line workers a free tall brewed coffee, hot or iced, throughout the month as a way “to recognize the significant efforts of the front-line responder and health care community” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It has been an extraordinarily difficult year, especially for the front-line responders who are serving our communities,” Starbucks Vice President Virginia Tenpenny said in a statement. “We want to show our deep gratitude for those who support and protect us every day with a small gesture of kindness and a cup of coffee.”

Those eligible for the offer include doctors, nurses, public health workers, pharmacists, dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics, police officers, dentists and dental hygienists, mental health workers (such as therapists, psychologists, social workers, counselors), hospital staff such as janitors, housekeeping, security and active-duty military, according to Starbucks.

To take advantage of the offer you need to bring in an ID to show you are one of those workers in order to receive the free coffee.

Starbucks joins a number of other chains who have gone a little extra to recognize healthcare workers.

Back in May on National Nurses Day, Starbucks competitor Dunkin offered a free medium hot or iced coffee and a free donut to healthcare workers. McDonalds' offered free "thank you" meals to healthcare workers in the spring, too.

In case you need a refresher on where the Starbucks is in Brookline:

• 277 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446 (Coolidge Corner)
• 15 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02445 (Brookline Village)
• 183 Grove St, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 (Shops at Putterham )
• 1948 Beacon St, Brighton, MA 02135 (Cleveland Circle)