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’Dreamy gets all steamy

“Grey’s Anatomy” star Patrick Dempsey may be the real “McSteamy.”

The actor, dubbed “McDreamy” as a star of the hospital drama while his co-star was called “McSteamy,” may soon be serving steaming cups of Joe.

Dempsey won a bankruptcy auction to buy Tully’s Coffee, a small chain based in Seattle. Among those he beat out is Tully’s Seattle neighbor, Starbucks.

Dempsey, whose company, Global Baristas LLC, plans to keep the Tully name, tweeted: “We met the green monster, looked her in the eye, and…SHE BLINKED! We got it! Thank you Seattle!” His company bid $9.2 million for Tully’s.

The win is a rare setback for Starbucks on its home turf. The coffee giant, which had planned to convert the Tully’s cafes to its own brand, last month announced plans to expand its global footprint to 20,000 cafes over the next two years, up from the current 18,000.

“[Tully’s is] a much smaller chain that has a lot of potential that hasn’t been given the proper care,” Dempsey said yesterday.

Starbucks said that a final determination on the winning bid won’t be made until a hearing on Jan. 11.