It was reported over this past weekend that another Starbucks is opening a shop on the Third Street Promenade. That makes it one for every block. There’s a Starbucks on Wilshire, another at Center Court and now one’s going in between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway. Its location is within feet of two businesses that serve coffee and pastries.
In fact, there are more than a dozen coffee houses on the Third Street Promenade. It appears that Santa Monicans can’t get enough java.
This week, Q-Line wants to know “Do you think the Promenade needs another Starbucks? Why or why not?”
Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less; it might help to think first about the wording of your response.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 30, 2003. Read the original PDF.