{"id":5318,"date":"2026-09-26T12:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T17:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/26\/starbucks-closing-two-st-louis-area-stores\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T12:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T17:19:14","slug":"starbucks-closing-two-st-louis-area-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/26\/starbucks-closing-two-st-louis-area-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks Closing Two St. Louis-Area Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 September 26, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Starbucks is closing two St. Louis-area coffeehouses as part of a nationwide reduction of approximately 250 North American locations, including a nearly new drive-thru restaurant in Marlborough that opened less than a year ago. The two local locations are at 6621 Delmar Blvd. in University City\u2019s Delmar Loop and 7901 Watson Road in Marlborough. While the closure of the long-established Delmar Loop coffeehouse is significant for one of the region\u2019s best-known restaurant and entertainment districts, the Marlborough closure stands out for another reason: the purpose-built Starbucks opened in November 2025 and<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/stlouisrestaurantreview.com\/starbucks-closing-two-st-louis-stores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 September 26, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Starbucks is closing two St. Louis-area coffeehouses as part of a nationwide reduction of approximately 250 North American locations, including a nearly new drive-thru restaurant in Marlborough that opened less than a&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5320,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5318\/revisions\/5320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}