Starbucks puts Starbucks out of business in Seattle
Aug 11, 2014, 12:59 PM | Updated: Aug 12, 2014, 9:47 am
Starbucks had to make way for its competitor, Starbucks, when a new coffee shop moved in two storefronts down on Fremont Ave. in Seattle. (MyNorthwest.com Photo/Riley Elliott)
(MyNorthwest.com Photo/Riley Elliott)
It happens a lot, the big corporations come in and put the little guys out of business. This time it was Seattle-based mega-corporation Starbucks putting neighborhood coffee shop Starbucks out of business.
OK, not quite. In Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, a Starbucks did close down, but only so it could move two storefronts south on Fremont Avenue and open up in a bigger, two-story location.
The Fremont Starbucks now occupies the corner of . It’s the former location of Peet’s Coffee and Tea, which closed after owners reportedly decided not to renew their 10-year lease.
The corner has also previously been home to the Red Door, then the “Red Door Ale House,” for 80 years, before it was moved in 2001, as the .
