Your favorite local Starbucks may be closed right now.
Jim Mone/Associated PressDozens of Starbucks locations are currently closed throughout the Bay Area as the ubiquitous coffee chain struggles with staffing shortages.
A look at the Starbucks store locater shows many outposts closed. In San Francisco, locations at the Folsom Street Target, the Westfield Centre, Bush and Van Ness, Grant and Bush and multiple Union Square stores are closed, just to name a few. Some open locations are closing earlier than normal, with many posting closure times between 5 and 6 p.m.
KRON says that some Starbucks have been closed for nearly a week. The TV station reported a Walnut Creek store on North Main has been shuttered since Monday; on the door is a sign that reads, “Sorry for the inconvenience. Our store is temporarily closed.”
Like many businesses, Starbucks says it’s been impacted by a “temporary staff shortage.”
“When a store is experiencing a temporary staff shortage, we respond by reducing hours to be mindful that our partners aren’t overworked — prioritizing their health & well-being in our decision making,” the coffee chain wrote in a statement to KRON. “These decisions are made on a store-by-store and market-by-market basis, and our customers can check the Starbucks Locator on our website or app for their store’s current hours of operation.”
Projected reopening dates are not listed on the store locater, so if you’re desperate to find out when your local Starbucks will be serving lattes again, you’ll need to obsessively check their site here.