Starbucks applies to open at Hampton and W. Little Creek

April 12, 2016

Starbucks has applied for a Special Exception to operate a new location with a drive-thru at 7600 Hampton Blvd.  This is the former location of Church’s Chicken Restaurant.

Starbucks plans to tear down the old Church’s Chicken building and construct a new 1,913sq.ft. store on the site.

Starbucks is scheduled to go before the Planning Commission on May 26, 2016.

starbucks siteplan

Site plan of the proposed Starbucks at the intersection of Hampton Blvd and W. Little Creek Road.

 

 

NW Elevation

NW Elevation (side facing W. Little Creek Road) of the proposed Starbucks.

NE Elevation

NE Elevation of the proposed Starbucks.

 

SE Elevation

SE Elevation (side facing Baylor Place) of the proposed Starbucks.

SW Elevation

SW Elevation (side facing Hampton Blvd) of the proposed Starbucks

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Starbucks has applied to serve Wine and Beer at Wards Corner

December 18, 2015

starbucks evenings‘Evenings’ at Starbucks is coming to Wards Corner.  Starbucks Evenings is a fairly new concept that Starbucks has been testing and now expanding across the country.

Our Starbucks Evenings menu features a thoughtful selection of wine and craft beer alongside the signature coffee and tea beverages you know and love. Enjoy one of our savory small plates – whether it’s our creamy Truffle Mac & Cheese or a delicious flatbread.

So take a moment to unwind, meet up with friends and enjoy a glass of wine and a delicious little something—with us. – Starbucks Evenings website

According to their special exception application filed with the City, beer and wine sales are to be 2pm – 10pm Monday – Friday, noon – 10pm Saturday, and noon – 9pm on Sundays.  No entertainment or live music is being proposed.

The City’s Department of Development recently  reported that the Wards Corner Starbucks is ranked second in sales regionally.

The PDF application can be viewed here: Starbucks Wards Corner

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Rajiv Chandrasekaran to speak at Wards Corner Starbucks

November 1, 2015
Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Rajiv Chandrasekaran

To celebrate the paperback release of For Love of Country: What
Our Veterans Can Teach Us About Citizenship, Heroism, and Sacrifice

Join us for a conversation on November 5, at 11am, at the Starbucks Military Family Store, Wards Corner

7550 Granby Street Norfolk, VA 23505

Rajiv Chandrasekaran was a senior correspondent and associate editor, and national editor of The Washington Post. During his newspaper career, he reported from more than three dozen countries and was a bureau chief in Baghdad, Cairo and Southeast Asia.

In 2014, he wrote the bestselling book For Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can Teach Us About Citizenship, Heroism and Sacrifice with Starbucks chairman and CEO Howard Schultz.

Rajiv is also the author of two other bestselling books: Little America and Inside
Iraq’s Green Zone, which was named one of the ten best books of 2007 by The New
York Times and inspired the movie Green Zone.

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