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# Starbucks to close a Santa Monica location amid nationwide cuts
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/empty-cups-20080722/
- Published: 2008-07-22T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:16:13.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Coffee giant Starbucks has decided to close one of its 15 locations in Santa Monica. The company has plans to close 600 locations nationwide.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: Do you think there are too many Starbucks in the city?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 22, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/072208.pdf?ref=smdp.com)