Monday, September 1, 2008

Third Starbucks Opens in Hoboken

This past week a third Starbucks opened here in Hoboken. Its located on Washington Street between 3rd and 4th streets. Many of you probably saw the 'Coming Soon' sign in the window over the last few months. I remember seeing it when I first moved here in June and since its only 3 blocks away from my apartment I had been looking forward to its opening.

I had been going to the Starbucks on Hudson and 12th and will probably continue to go there when I fully recover from my torn muscle. Its a nice 10 minute walk each way, giving me some exercise before and after breakfast. But for now walking to the new Starbucks is perfect. With my injury, its the perfect distance to stretch out my body in the morning.

The new location makes sense to me. Currently there are Starbucks on both ends of town (12th and Hudson and Newark and Hudson). Putting a Starbucks on Washington Street in midtown makes sense. However, I was surprised they did not place it further north so it was equidistant between the two others, say between 6th and 7th. But I'm thinking the location of Panera two doors down from the new location probably had something to do with it. A chance to steal some of those customers!