Starbucks announces seven Mass. stores no longer so grande, including the one in Newton Centre
By adamg - Thu, 07/17/2008 - 9:36pm.
The official list shows stores to close in Burlington, Dartmouth, North Attleboro, Sharon, Stoughton and Worcester, in addition to the one at 70 Union St.
T station?
Is the Newton one the one right at the T station? I really like that space.
Can't say I'm at all surprised by the Burlington store closing - there were always very few people in there, and it always felt kind of awkward.
Starbucks by the T
Yes the store closing is the one closer to the T in Newton Centre.
that's the wrong one to close!
You can wait inside during the winder and they have the "approaching train" sign.
The other one has awful parking.
No wonder they're losing money!
Newton
was one of the original "Coffee Connections" way before anyone even knew what a Starbucks was. That's kinda sad in that its one of those locations where there has always been a coffee business as opposed to one of the newer ones built in a strip mall.
A Sign Of the Times!
This is a sign of the times and that people clearly can't afford to spend 4 dollars on a coffee drink anymore. It will get worse before it gets better. I think we will be seeing many more of these stores close.
Heck, they can't even afford
Heck, they can't even afford $0.75 for a newspaper. I see people taking newspapers at Starbucks and not paying for them all the time now.
Either that or they're just thieves.
I hope that space doesn't
I hope that space doesn't sit vacant. It's so beautiful inside. But, I have to admit that one's never had very good service. I haven't been there in a while, but I recall it always used to be a little bit dirty / trash not emptied often and the drinks were a little spotty / not quite to recipe. The Petes in that area had much better drinks. So maybe a local owner will open a coffee shop in the train station and run it better.
Diesel Cafe
would be perfect there