These stores were designed for mobile orders and a quicker experience in lieu of a more traditional ordering experience.

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.

The Seattle-based coffee giant says the pickup-only model, which caters to mobile orders, is "overly transactional" and lacks the brand's signature warmth and human connection. Nominate a Woman of Influence today. Help the Puget Sound Business Journal honor the region's top women business and civic leaders with its 2025 Women of Influence Awards.