For obvious reasons, one of my favourite stores!
Starbucks in Boston
| OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 February 2007, ORIGINAL VISIT: 15 March 2001 For obvious reasons, one of my favourite stores! |
 | OPENED: 29 September 2006, PHOTO: 04 February 2007 Finally, a companion store to Winter Street! |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 February 2007, ORIGINAL VISIT: 15 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 February 2007, ORIGINAL VISIT: 15 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 After looking up the word in the dictionary to make sure of what it means, I can say that the interior design of this location is "stark", and not entirely pleasing to me. It needs... something. Something besides the cool art on the wall, as I don't expect the art to remain forever (unlike Starbucks Corporation). |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 Just the fact that this store is across from an FAO Schwartz makes it a must-visit. But it has a downstairs as well, which is extremely unusual. Unfortunately, it was closed off, so I couldn't check it out, but that just means I'll have to return. |
 | OPENED: 01 January 2001, PHOTO: ? February 2007, ORIGINAL VISIT: 15 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 Besides sporting the black facade that I enjoy so much, this store is decorated with a dining table and a coffee table that are definitely not corporate standard, and give the store an atmosphere befitting the building that houses it. |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 February 2007, ORIGINAL VISIT: 29 October 2005 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 February 2007, ORIGINAL VISIT: 15 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 April 2004, ORIGINAL VISIT: 14 May 2003 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 February 2007, ORIGINAL VISIT: 15 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 March 2001 Aaagh! How frustrating, that people maintaining the Starbucks store locator are lax in removing stores that have been closed. After an unknowing barista assured me of its existence, I wandered all around the Faneuil Hall Marketplace looking for the mysterious second store. When I returned to inquire further, the manager explained that the store had been closed. So I returned to my car to discover a parking ticket, which I'll never pay. |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 February 2007, ORIGINAL VISIT: 15 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: 01 February 2007, PHOTO: ? May 2007 Jeepers, $30 for parking!!! |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 April 2004 This store has a unique element, a table facing the window on which customers can draw with colored chalk! |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 The interior of this location has a very unusual "V" shape with a wall dividing the two sections. |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 February 2007, ORIGINAL VISIT: 15 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 February 2007, ORIGINAL VISIT: 15 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 February 2007, ORIGINAL VISIT: 08 August 2002 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 November 2003 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 February 2007, ORIGINAL VISIT: 15 March 2001 This store is dedicated to Ronald Borman, of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 March 2001 This store is very well-decorated. Chenille, or perhaps corduroy, curtains cover the windows. Though the store just opened, the walls already sport some excellent artwork. Of course there are plants to add to the decor. And let's not overlook the unusual, yet striking, black paint on the exterior. |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 08 August 2002 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 02 April 2004, ORIGINAL VISIT: 02 November 2003 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 March 2001 The stone counter top at this location was an unusual (and classy) touch. |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 |
Bedford, Great Road, Bedford | ||
 | OPENED: 10 July 2006, PHOTO: 11 July 2006 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 10 August 2002 This Belmont store closes a little too early for my night-owl tastes, but it's got such a neat decor and location (love this street!) that I can easily forgive their hours. |
Belmont/Cushing Sq, Belmont | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 09 August 2002 I thought this was just a neat design that Starbucks came up with, but according to a visitor to my site, this used to be a Friendly's. Not being from the northeast, I never would have recognized it. It's appropriate I guess, as the road-trip-loving barista on duty when I visited was exceptionally friendly. Note to the manager--you must keep her on staff forever; otherwise my caption will be out of date, and my lazy self hates revising captions. |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 27 April 2008, ORIGINAL VISIT: 17 March 2001 |
Beverly, 242 Elliott St, Beverly | ||
 | OPENED: 14 March 2008, PHOTO: 27 April 2008 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 11 September 2005 Yo, yo, yo, check that freaky funkness out, with that wacky yellow! BTW, this is also one of the 1st drive-thrus in Mass. |
Brighton Village, Brighton | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 02 November 2003 |
Brighton/Soldiers Field, Brighton | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 08 August 2002 |
Brockton, Belmont Street, Brockton | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 08 August 2002 This location shares a door with Tanorama--can I get a tan with that latte? And you gotta love that bright red brick wall! |
874 Commonwealth Avenue, Brookline | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 08 August 2002 |
Brookline Village, Brookline | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
Brookline-Washington Sq., Brookline | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 March 2001 |
Coolidge Corner, Brookline | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 March 2001 This is the only store I've seen with jewelry as the local artwork on display. |
Harvard Street, Brookline | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
Burlington, Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 09 August 2002 This store offers three booths up against the wall, but instead of the ordinary booth-like tables, the booths have the standard small round Starbucks tables. Did I use "booth" too many times? |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 March 2001 |
31 Church, Cambridge | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
Broadway Marketplace, Cambridge | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
Cambridge Center, Cambridge | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 11 July 2006, ORIGINAL VISIT: 23 April 2005 |
Cambridge, Fresh Pond, Cambridge | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 April 2005 This is the first store I've seen sharing space with a Best Western hotel, and the interior decor is equally unusual, with a seating area that looks more like a living room, including a pair of ornate rugs covering a wooden floor, and slightly different furniture. |
Cambridge, Memorial Drive, Cambridge | ||
 | OPENED: 25 September 2007, PHOTO: 17 November 2007 |
Cambridgeside, Cambridge | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
Central Square, Cambridge | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
Harvard Square, Cambridge | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
Shepard Post, Cambridge | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
Canton-Cobbs Corner, Canton | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 08 August 2002 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 02 March 2008, ORIGINAL VISIT: 10 August 2002 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 02 November 2003 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 09 August 2002 Besides being in a very history city, this Starbucks is cool because it displays 3D ceramic artwork. I was told it stays up longer than the paintings, so maybe it will still be there when you visit. If not, have a cup of joe and go visit historic Concord, or go live deliberately in the woods at the Walden Pond State Reservation just a few minutes away. |
Dedham Mall, Pad, Dedham | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 28 November 2005, ORIGINAL VISIT: 28 October 2005 |
Framingham (B&N), Framingham | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 08 August 2002 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 |
Haverhill, 1116 Main St, Haverhill | ||
 | OPENED: 04 May 2007, PHOTO: 30 May 2007 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 |
Hingham, Rte. 53, Hingham | ||
 | OPENED: 14 July 2006, PHOTO: 04 February 2007 |
Leominster, Commercial Road, Leominster | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 11 September 2005 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
Lexington/Bedford Rd, Lexington | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 09 August 2002 If I heard correctly, they will have replaced them by now, but when I visited this store, the tables and chairs were of a style I had not seen before. |
Marlborough, South Bolton St, Marlborough | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 14 May 2003 |
Solomon Pond Mall, Marlborough | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 28 November 2005 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 08 August 2002 |
Medford - Star Market, Medford | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 No, I didn't mislabel this photograph. Someone at Starbucks forgot to update the change from Star Market to Wild Oats Market. |
Station Landing, Medford | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 11 July 2006 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 April 2005 |
Melrose Center, Melrose | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 March 2001 This store, though a pain to reach, as stores on Main Streets often are, is worth visiting, so that one can unburden one's soul while seated at the counter next to the bar on some unusual stools with green wicker seats. |
Methuen/The Loop, Methuen | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 March 2001 |
East Milton Square(552 Adams St), Milton | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 April 2005 |
Natick Reloc, Natick | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 28 October 2005 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 March 2001 I'm glad the designers of this store decide not to redo the wooden floor. Its worn look and feel definitely lends an atmosphere that fits with this small town. |
Newton Center, Newton | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 This exceptionally charming store was built in an old train station--love the atmosphere in the place!! |
Newton Corner, Newton | ||
 | OPENED: 16 December 2005, PHOTO: 11 July 2006 |
Newton Lower Falls, Newton | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 14 May 2003 |
Newton Upper Falls, Newton | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 |
Newton, Newton Centre | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 April 2004 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 |
N Andover/Rte 114, North Andover | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 10 August 2002 When I visited this store, I saw some moving September 11th-related artwork by Margee Kane Forgosh. You can view her work at http://mkfdesigns.com |
Norwood Rte. 1 North, Norwood | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 28 November 2005, ORIGINAL VISIT: 28 October 2005 |
North Shore Mall, Peabody | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 02 November 2003 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 March 2001 |
Quincy - Star Markets, Quincy | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 |
Quincy, Monroe Place, Quincy | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 April 2005 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 10 August 2002 The flowers on the windowsill were low and a little hard to see, but otherwise a nice touch. I like the simple elegance of the sign on the outside. |
Reading Walkers Brook, Reading | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 11 September 2005 |
Salem-Dodge Street, Salem | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 March 2001 As you read this, there's probably a Starbucks being remodeled somewhere in the world. Every once in a while I stumble into one of these stores in transition, like this one here. Forunately, it was not closed for business, like other's I've run into (and which I will have to revisit). Notice the unusual graffitti on the wall, doubtlessly painted by reckless youths with corporate mentalities. |
Sharon (5 Post Office Sq), Sharon | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 One of the walls inside this location was made of brick that appeared to be... glazed? Also, the store is deceptively large, with a back door waaay across the store and around a corner. |
Davis Square Plaza, Somerville | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 |
Somerville Avenue, Somerville | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 11 July 2006, ORIGINAL VISIT: 02 September 2003 |
South Brookline, South Brookline | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 April 2004, ORIGINAL VISIT: 20 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 April 2005 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 April 2004 I think this is the only store in the country where I noticed large sign reading "No HUMAN CONTACT of ready to eat food"--what's that all about? |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 09 August 2002 When I visited this store, it was display some cool Xerox art prints by Elizabeth Caruso. I don't know if they are still there, but if you google her name + Xerox, you might find a exhibit of her work somewhere. |
Swampscot, Swampscott | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 |
Walpole, Rt. 1, Walpole | ||
 | OPENED: 29 June 2007, PHOTO: 17 November 2007 |
Watertown - Mt. Auburn, Watertown | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 March 2001 Yet another in a series of Starbucks built in former Friendly's locations, according to a local who is missing his old breakfast places as they are turned into Starbucks. I can't say I'm shedding any tears over the disappearance of a restaurant chain, as long as there remains someplace in town to have a heaping helping of pancakes before the obligatory cup of Starbucks coffee. |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 08 August 2002 This spacious location has one of the largest bookshelves I've seen at any Starbucks. |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 08 August 2002 If pursued by ruffians, you can duck into this Starbucks, grabbe a DoubleShot, leave a few bills on the counter, and escape down the long hallway leading to the back door. With luck, your pursuers will be delayed as they marvel at the angled wall that makes the space appear curved. And the bathroom is oddly shaped to boot. |
Wellesley, Linden Square, Wellesley | ||
 | OPENED: 01 October 2007, PHOTO: 17 November 2007 |
West Roxbury- Roche Bros., West Roxbury | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 04 April 2004, ORIGINAL VISIT: 14 May 2003 |
Westborough Shopping Center, Westborough | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 09 August 2002 |
Westford Valley Marketplace, Westford | ||
 | OPENED: 16 December 2005, PHOTO: 11 July 2006 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 March 2001 I might be confusing this with a nearby store, but this store had a water fountain, which is extremely rare to see in a Starbucks. |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 March 2001 |
Woburn Plaza, Woburn | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 09 August 2002 This store displays a custom Starbucks logo made by one of the locals. |
Woburn, Commerce Way, Woburn | ||
 | OPENED: 18 December 2005, PHOTO: 11 July 2006 |
Woburn, West Cummings Park, Woburn | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 April 2005 |
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