Coffee giant Starbucks shuts down its Capitol Hill Roastery — UPDATE
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The Capitol Hill Starbucks Roastery is permanently closed. Starbucks shut down the more than $20 million coffee destination with boarded windows and a paper sign Thursday morning. “It is with…

1125 Pike St. closed … joining Whole Foods and Amazon’s grocery.

“In a statement to CHS, Starbucks said it will continue to operate roasteries in Chicago, Milan, New York, Shanghai, and Tokyo.”

  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    13 days ago

    “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the closure of the Seattle Reserve Roastery. This location has been the destination of coffee lovers from down the block and around the world,” it read.

    Starbucks have an extremely high opinion of themselves if they think people will travel to get their coffee.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      2·
      13 days ago

      It was fun, that can’t be denied. I went a few times, out of town guests liked it, and there was always a line outside. This is a bad thing, a Starbucks is better for the neighborhood than a boarded up building.