Starbucks closes 3 Missouri coffee shops near St. Louis
Starbucks has closed three Missouri locations, including two coffee shops near St. Louis and one in Perryville. The shuttered stores are at 7901 Watson Road in South County, 6621 Delmar Boulevard in University City, and 1111 S. Perryville Boulevard. The closures are part of a wider plan to close about 250 coffeehouses across North America.
Key Takeaways
- Three Missouri Starbucks stores are permanently closed, including two in the St. Louis area.
- Closed addresses include Watson Road, Delmar Boulevard, and S. Perryville Boulevard.
- Starbucks is shuttering roughly 250 North America coffeehouses, about 1% of its portfolio.
- COO Mike Grams linked the cuts to underperformance and a push for a better in-store experience.
- Similar closure lists are surfacing in markets such as Ohio and San Diego County.
According to FOX 2, none of the three Missouri sites still appear on Starbucks' online store locator, and Google lists each as permanently closed. Starbucks had not returned FOX 2's request for comment at the time of that report.
For more updates in celebrity breaking news, local coffee runs may look different this week as customers hunt for the next open cafe.
Which coffee shops near St. Louis closed?
FOX 2 identified two St. Louis-area Starbucks among the Missouri closures. One is the South County store at 7901 Watson Road. The other is the University City Delmar Loop location at 6621 Delmar Boulevard.
The third Missouri store is in Perryville at 1111 S. Perryville Boulevard, about 80 miles south of St. Louis. USA Today reporting cited by FOX 2 said Starbucks closed around 250 locations in the United States and Canada on Friday, Sept. 26.
Why is Starbucks shutting so many stores?
In a Sept. 24 letter, Starbucks chief operating officer Mike Grams said the company planned to close about 250 coffeehouses, roughly 1% of its locations. He said Starbucks closes some coffeehouses every year as part of portfolio management and that some stores continue to underperform.
"Closing any coffeehouse is a difficult decision," Grams said. "We're making this decision for a simple reason: we want every Starbucks coffeehouse to be a place customers love and partners are proud to work."
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that Grams told employees the company reviewed its North America coffeehouse portfolio and identified locations where it does not believe it can consistently deliver the desired experience or see a path to acceptable financial performance. That strategy also includes remodeling about 1,500 cafes.
The Akron Beacon Journal reported that Starbucks' board approved the closures Sept. 22 and expects most affected stores to shut down by the end of fiscal year 2026. An SEC filing cited by the paper estimated about $300 million in restructuring costs tied to the closings.
Are other coffee shops near you on the closure list?
Starbucks has not published a complete public list of every closing store, according to regional reports. The Beacon Journal said two additional Ohio locations in Cleveland Heights and Oakwood were identified after earlier Columbus closures, bringing Ohio's known total to four at that time.
In San Diego County, the Union-Tribune said six San Diego stores and one Encinitas store were expected to close, and that workers would be moved to other stores when possible. Customers searching for coffee shops near closed Missouri sites should check the Starbucks app or store locator for the nearest open cafe.
The Missouri closures put a local face on a national reset. Even as Starbucks trims about 1% of more than 18,000 North America coffeehouses, the company says most stores are benefiting from renewed momentum under its turnaround plan.