Starbucks tempts lunch, dinner market with its sushi burrito

Washington

STARBUCKS has tried it all: First came cake pops, then truffle mac and cheese, and earlier this year, avocado toast. Now the coffee giant is banking on another food fad to drum up lunch and dinner business: The sushi burrito.

The chicken maki roll - which the company says, is "a classic California burrito with a twist" - comes with cooked chicken, pickled cabbage and avocado, and is rolled in sushi rice and wrapped with seaweed. It is currently part of the Mercato lunch menu at a ha…