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Starbucks is leaving E Olive Way and there is a labor battle that continues to brew on Capitol HIll. Sunday, workers say they are striking at the company’s Melrose Starbucks Roastery.
There is also history to deal with. The building the coffee giant first moved into in 1999 and will now leave vacant has a long story of neighborhood hangouts and food and drink. Here is a re-post of pictures from a CHS classic from 2010 when Starbucks was completing renovations on the building that has stood at the curve in E Olive Way since 1937
It’s a good reminder that, while businesses come and go, there are certain constants in the Capitol Hill universe.
1938 — Whiting’s Sandwich Bar opens
1953 — Becomes the Plaid Piper — “a white tablecloth, filet mignon type restaurant with a cocktail lounge in the back called the Tartan Room.”
1980 — Red Robin opens
1995 — Boston Market opens
1999 — Starbucks opens
2010 — Renovated
2022 – Starbucks closure is planned by July 31st
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