Expansion Wire

The Blue Bottle folks have had a busy couple of years on the storefront side, expanding to NYC, the Mission, L.A., and most recently, their hometown of Oakland (expected in December). Now, they've set their sights on Silicon Valley: Blue Bottle Palo Alto will move into the ground floor of SurveyMonkey's new building at 101 Lytton Avenue. It'll be similar to the Mint Plaza location, with a streamlined food menu and a "genius bar" for demonstrating home espresso machines. [Inside Scoop]