Comments on: Is the Seminole Heights Starbucks closing?

By: JDC

JDC — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:02:40 +0000

I work from home and love having a coffee shop nearby where i can get out and relieve my cabin fevor. BUT, I’m a bit perplexed at all the Starbucks frenzie. I’m sure that there are entrprenurial people in the neighborhood who could open a neighborhood coffee shop / lounge where people can congregate. I have heard that there were a few on Osborne and Florida that closed down because they couldn’t make it. I’m relatively new to the neighborhood, so if anyone else has any insight into this, i would love to learn.

I’m from Brooklyn, NY where you can walk a few blocks in almost any direction and find a coffee shop with people reading, surfing the net and kids playing on an outdoor deck. I would think that this neighborhood could and would love to support such a local place.

Any thoughts?

By: JDC

JDC — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:57:48 +0000

I work from home and love having Starbucks nearby to get me out in the neighborhood during the day. BUT, i am wondering why there is all of this frenzy over Starbucks closing when I’m sure there are entreprenurial people in the neighborhood who would love to open a unique neighborhood coffe shop – MAYBE WITH FEE WI FI!
I heard that there have been a few coffee shops on Osborne and Florida that closed down because they didn’t make it. I’m relatively new to the neighborhood so if anyone else has some insight on why a local coffee shop/lounge can not survive (unless it’s a chain) I would love to learn more.

I’m from Brooklyb NY where you walk a few blocks in almost any direction and find a neighborhood coffee shop with people reading, kids playing and FREE Wi Fi- I would think this neighborhood can support that??

Thoughts?

By: poor planning

poor planning — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:37:55 +0000

Sad, but have you ever tried parking there?

If you park in one of the regular spots, then you get blocked in by the cars in line for the drive-through.

It’s really a nightmare getting in and out of that place. If they can’t fix the parking situation, then they do need to shut it down.

By: caleb

caleb — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:47:33 +0000

Uhm… this is kind of sad… wouldn’t an independent neighborhood coffee house be a better symbol of neighborhood resurgence? This sounds more like the whining of yokels when they done shut down the local KMart after it done killed the downtown merchants.

By: Jay McGee

Jay McGee — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:42:26 +0000

Not a chance they’ll close that one. They are either the #1 or #2 busiest in Florida (as verified by Tiffancy Cox — the location manager) and one of the busiest in the Southeast. Yeah, I know I didn’t say profitable, but I would have to assume the two go hand-in-hand. Read more about Seminole Heights at http://www.NewHeightsMag.com