SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — After serving up espresso in the identical location for 30 years, a neighborhood Starbucks is closing up store. Not if loyal patrons have something to say about it.
Clients within the Barbary Coast neighborhood are gathering for what may very well be their final cup of espresso right here at Starbucks.
“Everything else is gone we can’t bear to lose this one,” mentioned one upset patron.
However the espresso large has simply knowledgeable them that is precisely what’s going to occur on Feb. 9 when the lease is up. Neighbors, like organizer Diana Taylor, are rallying in hopes of shopping for extra time.
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Flyers had been posted across the neighborhood forward of the rally to avoid wasting the Starbucks on Jackson Avenue.
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“It’s going to be shuttered for months. It’s going to be dark here. It’s so demoralizing for our community,” Taylor mentioned.
The neighborhood is residence to many seniors who say they’re hard-pressed to discover a close by cafe — not to mention every other retail outlets, one thing new county supervisor Danny Sauter hopes to revive.
“I don’t think this is time to abandon San Francisco, it’s not time to jump ship,” Sauter mentioned.
With challenges just like the unhoused and crime and post-pandemic, many outlets have shuttered within the metropolis’s downtown. For its half, Starbucks says this can be a monetary determination and clients can discover the closest retailer location on the corporate app.
