Richard White
Senior Member
I don't believe so.
They also downgraded some notable locations like the Starbucks Reserve location (Shops at Don Mills).
Starbucks was oversaturated to begin with.
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I don't believe so.
They also downgraded some notable locations like the Starbucks Reserve location (Shops at Don Mills).
Starbucks was oversaturated to begin with.
TossYourJacket
Senior Member
Aside from the higher-tier Reserve Roasteries (of which there are only 6 globally), Starbucks generally eliminated the Starbucks Reserve stores in 2024. Obviously here in Toronto the Don Mills location was downgraded, but so was the Pacific Centre location in downtown Vancouver. The only lower-tier Reserve locations left are 1 in Seattle, and 2 in New York (at 1 7th Ave and one in the Empire State Building).
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That said, that all happened under the old CEO who was basically trying to turn Starbucks into even more of a generic fast food chain, so who knows what happens since the change in leadership (which has already involved a pivot back towards the old 3rd place model vs the take-out centric approach they'd previously pivoted to)
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TossYourJacket
Senior Member
In terms of purely net new locations, there have been a few, 16 York for example.
Overall I'd say a lot of the recently opened locations are replacements for the ones closed during the pandemic, but they are largely not in the PATH, with many located above ground near former PATH locations (ex: pre-COVID Starbucks was in MetroCentre and Simcoe Place. Now those have been replaced by street-level stores at King/John and Wellington/Simcoe.
Richard White
Senior Member
When I worked at Starbucks for all of 8 hours I did my training at the Metrocentre location.
It was an absolutely tiny store and what you saw out front was pretty much what you got.
The King and John store is much better.
shortbranch
Active Member
Confirmed June 2, 2025 that the two PATH connections in the Eaton Centre Bay are still open
evandyk
Senior Member
The Path connections were always open even when the store was not open, so I assume nothing will change.
shortbranch
Active Member
Some assumed it would close given the store closed. The Bay PATH was not "always" open when the store was not open and in fact it opened in the morning later than the rest of the PATH.
Brian S-W
New Member
shortbranch
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Freebird Market in Bay Adelaide Centre opened recently.
Jonny5
Senior Member
Yes, though it's been a while for me, but working in the Thomson Building back in 2005- 2006, I recall the policy of the store was that the doors for PATH access at both under Bay Street and under Yonge Street would all be locked about ten minutes before the store closed for the day, sometime around 7:50 p.m., and you then had to go up/down a staircase by that TD Canada Trust branch at Queen and Bay and walk outside to get to/from Queen Station and the PATH, though I have a vague recollection even that staircase access point was also locked up at some point at night by Thomson Building security and I think for the whole weekend.
Basically, the last way out of the north-east end of the PATH after 8:00 p.m. was at the Sheraton, unless you had an access pass to use at the Thomson Building like I did.
They wouldn't unlock any doors until well after the subway was already running in the morning, I think about 7:00 a.m. (hours later on a Sunday), and then they roped off the route from Queen station to the Thomson Building (the Bay-Adelaide Centre did not yet exist) until I think about 8:00 a.m.. I started work at 8:00 a.m. so I remember walking through that roped off pathway and seeing the staff getting ready to open up the store each morning, but one time I did have to get in to work early and I found the doors were all still locked up, even though the subway was running.
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WB62
Senior Member
There’s a Tim Hortons Express in the VIA Concourse at Union station. You’re also forgetting the Tim Hortons in the Southcore Financial Centre just next to the Delta Hotel.
shortbranch
Active Member
New visual is up showing the Sheraton PATH food court coming soon. Not the quickest demolition happening in this space.
wmedia
Senior Member
Long overdue!
shortbranch
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shortbranch
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It would seem they are preparing to open the upper level of the former Hudson's Bay at Eaton's Centre. They appear to be building the temporary walls upstairs (seen in picture) as well, and the walls on the lower level being built do not appear to be blocking off the escalators from what I can tell. Perhaps they will open the bridge crossing over Queen St. This is just a guess based on observations however not sure why they would open the upper level simply for people to pass through, seems like a lot of effort/cost..