The coffee giant is walking away from a format it once bet big on: the mobile-order-only store, dubbed “Starbucks Pick Up.” Around 80 to 90 of these stripped-down locations — places with no seats, no counter, and barely a presence — are being shut down through 2026.

As part of the evaluation, Niccol said, Starbucks will "sunset" some of its pick-up only concept stores that launched in 2019. According to the company, there are currently between 80 and 90 of these types of stores across the U.S.

Starbucks is ending its pickup-only store concept, including at this location in Seattle near the Space Needle. (GeekWire Photos /) I stopped