02-16-2016, 05:32 PM
(02-16-2016, 04:47 PM)MidTowner Wrote: Really? You mean someone honestly thought at one point that a drive-through at this spot would be possible?
I’ve read that, for Starbucks, drive-through business is increasingly important. I’ve never heard it suggested that they were insisting on them.
I imagine that Starbucks has a formula they use to determine if a location is worth it, and it doesn't surprise me that they would look at the pedestrian volumes at this corner, and say that a location here would need a drive through (or plentiful, convenient parking) to make it work.
It's not to say that a coffee shop wouldn't work. It's to say that Starbucks would not meet their desired sales volumes for a new expansion location.