{"id":21691,"date":"2023-03-28T23:06:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T03:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=21691"},"modified":"2023-03-28T23:06:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T03:06:24","slug":"starbucks-747-saluda-avenue-2-april-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=21691","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks, 747 Saluda Avenue: 2 April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870300_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870300_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870300_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870301.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870301_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870301_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870301_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870302.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870302_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870302_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870302_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870303.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870303_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870303_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870303_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870304.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870304_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870304_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870304_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870305.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870305_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870305_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870305_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870306.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870306_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870306_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870306_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870307.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870307_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870307_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870307_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870308.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870308_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870308_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870308_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870309.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870309_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870309_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870309_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I still think of this store as fairly new, but according to all the closing stories, it's been here about 20 years now.  I also had it in my head that it stayed open later in the evening than the other local stores, but I can't verify that now, and for the final run, it's only open to 6PM, which is kind of ridiculous for a coffee bar in an entertainment district.<\/p>\n<p>The company hasn't given any specific reasons for closing this stor, but I do note that it has no drive-through.  You can read the story in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/local\/article272897865.html\">The State<\/a>, or at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wltx.com\/article\/news\/local\/five-points-stabucks-closing-april-2023\/101-d73d76bc-6248-420a-8d53-76423a500fab\">WLTX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I'm trying to think if I ever stopped at this store, and I believe I did, once, about five years ago.  It was your standard <i>Starbucks<\/i> experience.<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter Russell)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/747+Saluda+Ave,+Columbia,+SC+29205\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I still think of this store as fairly new, but according to all the closing stories, it's been here about 20 years now. I also had it in my head that it stayed open later in the evening than the other local stores, but I can't verify that now, and for the final run, it's [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1707],"tags":[3711,114,123,3,619,3394],"class_list":["post-21691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-747-saluda-avenue","tag-coffee","tag-five-points","tag-restaurants","tag-saluda-avenue","tag-starbucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}