Landing Starbucks to Close

[77danj7]

Wishful thinking...but I want a Peet's Coffee!

[fieldafm]

Steady stream of tourist?...you're so funny...

The state of downtown is not good at all.  But you should spend some time at the Landing.  A lot of patrons are from out of town.

[blandman]

The irony is that you smell coffee all day in this city (a la Maxwell House)......... 

Haha...yes, good point!

[ChriswUfGator]

and to add to what fieldafm said....I went down there Tuesday night around 9pm...Hooters had a line out the door!

Yes, so the few remaining landing tenants are fleeing right and left because it is just TOO successful...got it.

Geez, I can't believe we failed to see that obvious cause all this time! There was TOO MUCH traffic!

[buckethead]

Perhaps Starbucks should be copying Hooters' business model?

A slight variation?

Fishnet stockings and roller skates?

[Jaxson]

I never quite understood how people can drink down a hot cup of coffee on a hot, humid summer day.  

That's why they sell frappacinos.

Besides, many people want their hot cup of coffee in the morning no matter what the weather forecast is for the day.

I know about the Fraps and how Starbucks has expanded their menu and I know about how people must have their coffee fix no matter how hot it is outside, I still do not understand because it would be akin to drinking a slushie in a blinding snowstorm.  Oh, well.  Not my cup of...er...coffee.

[peestandingup]

Perhaps Starbucks should be copying Hooters' business model?

A slight variation?

Fishnet stockings and roller skates?

Been done (sorta).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svJrpphBhpE

When I saw this was in south TX, I wasn't surprised (I've lived there).

[tufsu1]

and to add to what fieldafm said....I went down there Tuesday night around 9pm...Hooters had a line out the door!

Yes, so the few remaining landing tenants are fleeing right and left because it is just TOO successful...got it.

Geez, I can't believe we failed to see that obvious cause all this time! There was TOO MUCH traffic!

geez...you were gone from this site for several months...and, oddly, I hardly missed you

[ChriswUfGator]

and to add to what fieldafm said....I went down there Tuesday night around 9pm...Hooters had a line out the door!

Yes, so the few remaining landing tenants are fleeing right and left because it is just TOO successful...got it.

Geez, I can't believe we failed to see that obvious cause all this time! There was TOO MUCH traffic!

geez...you were gone from this site for several months...and, oddly, I hardly missed you

The feeling was mutual, but someone has to keep it real around here!

[Garden guy]

I'd love to see Maxwellhouse open a shop in the landing...why not..we smell their stuff all day..why not put in an upscale coffee shop with real baristas

[BridgeTroll]

and to add to what fieldafm said....I went down there Tuesday night around 9pm...Hooters had a line out the door!

Yes, so the few remaining landing tenants are fleeing right and left because it is just TOO successful...got it.

Geez, I can't believe we failed to see that obvious cause all this time! There was TOO MUCH traffic!

geez...you were gone from this site for several months...and, oddly, I hardly missed you

The feeling was mutual, but someone has to keep it real around here!

I certainly missed Chris!  Welcome back!

[simms3]

Wishful thinking...but I want a Peet's Coffee!

Too progressive for Jacksonville.  Remember that Starbucks cannot even survive in our central business district and Caribou Coffee hasn't invaded yet to compete on the chain level with Starbucks.

[buckethead]

Peets coffee is progressive?

Had I known, I would never have tried it.

Darn shame too, because it's quite tasty.

[finehoe]

Since we're throwing out coffee wishes:  http://counterculturecoffee.com/

[SPR Nole]

Now that SBUX is opening up 1500 new stores over the next 5 years I wonder if Downtown will get one.

I have always thought that a SBUX with a drive thru would do great on a site between State and Union streets.  The site that 7-11 opened on Main St would have been perfect.