Jump to content

      



























Photo

STARBUCKS Coffee in Victoria


  • Please log in to reply
324 replies to this topic

#281 Mike K.

Mike K.
  • Administrator
  • 83,184 posts

Posted 14 September 2020 - 02:13 PM

Coming to the former Table 21 location on Douglas at Humboldt in the DoubleTree Hilton.

 

Screen Shot 2020-09-14 at 3.08.53 PM.png


  • RFS likes this

Know it all.
Citified.ca is Victoria's most comprehensive research resource for new-build homes and commercial spaces.


#282 Rob Randall

Rob Randall
  • Member
  • 16,310 posts

Posted 14 September 2020 - 02:27 PM

Formerly Belmiro's, formerly Barkley's, formerly Hy's Steakhouse.



#283 m3m

m3m
  • Member
  • 1,289 posts

Posted 14 September 2020 - 03:12 PM

When is this expected to begin construction?



#284 Mike K.

Mike K.
  • Administrator
  • 83,184 posts

Posted 14 September 2020 - 03:41 PM

Probably completed by summer or fall of next year.

Know it all.
Citified.ca is Victoria's most comprehensive research resource for new-build homes and commercial spaces.


#285 jeffifah

jeffifah
  • Member
  • 41 posts

Posted 07 May 2021 - 04:06 PM

work starting on May 31st and supposed to finish by second week September.    Starbucks and Stoneground Pizza



#286 Tom Braybrook

Tom Braybrook

    tom braybrook

  • Member
  • 1,578 posts

Posted 07 May 2021 - 04:46 PM

get your starbucks's name !

 

https://www.whatsmystarbucksname.com/

 

 i got     “White Chocolate Mocha for Trasy.”



#287 m3m

m3m
  • Member
  • 1,289 posts

Posted 08 May 2021 - 08:52 AM

Stoneground pizza?

#288 Jackerbie

Jackerbie
  • Member
  • 3,776 posts
  • LocationRichmond, BC

Posted 08 May 2021 - 10:50 AM

Stoneground Pizza is already open though?

#289 Mike K.

Mike K.
  • Administrator
  • 83,184 posts

Posted 26 October 2021 - 10:25 AM

Opening November 1st:

Owned by Executive House Ltd. and managed by Mairet Hotels, the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Suites Victoria is proud to announce the Grand Opening of their new Starbucks Café at 777 Douglas Street, Victoria BC.
Just off the hotel lobby, wide-open spaces and panoramic views of downtown Victoria greet you as you enter this warm and bright area, best accessed from Burdett Street. The 2,100 square foot open concept floor plan is perfect for meeting in groups or having a quiet coffee in one of the 104 comfortable seats.
The aroma of Starbucks® coffee and the smiles from team members relax, engage and energize while you discover your new favorite ‘third place’ to meet in the vibrant downtown Victoria community.
For more information, please email kristine.lerch@hilton.com
About Starbucks
Starbucks opened its first store in 1971 close to the historic Pike Place Market in Seattle and has been delighting people ever since. It takes its logo from the mermaid and the name from the first mate ‘Starbuck’ in Merman Melville’s classic novel, Moby Dick. Inspired by Seattle coffee roasting entrepreneur, Alfred Peet, the founders of Starbucks modelled their fine coffee selections and roasting practices to start creating their own blends and flavors. In 1982, a young Howard Schultz joined the company and had an ‘epiphany’ while he visited espresso bars in Milan about a coffee house concept in downtown Seattle.
The rest as they say .... Is history.

Know it all.
Citified.ca is Victoria's most comprehensive research resource for new-build homes and commercial spaces.


#290 Matt R.

Matt R.

    Randy Diamond

  • Member
  • 7,879 posts

Posted 26 October 2021 - 10:30 AM

Francis Mairet was the GM at the Marriott when it opened, glad to see he moved on.

Matt.
  • Mike K. likes this

#291 cfbnp200e

cfbnp200e
  • Member
  • 78 posts

Posted 10 November 2021 - 03:35 PM

Mayfair's newest Starbucks is gone?

 

SB.jpg


  • LocalMom likes this

#292 Mike K.

Mike K.
  • Administrator
  • 83,184 posts

Posted 10 November 2021 - 05:24 PM

Was that on the corner of Douglas and Finlayson?

Know it all.
Citified.ca is Victoria's most comprehensive research resource for new-build homes and commercial spaces.


#293 Spy Black

Spy Black
  • Banned
  • 2,461 posts

Posted 10 November 2021 - 06:37 PM

Maybe a bad location for a couple of reasons:

  1. The much, much easier to access original Starbucks on the other side of Douglas Street took whatever Starbucks business might be present in the mall (mornings, you can literally park at their front door, or simply drive through).
  2. All the folks who work in the vicinity are heavy supporters of Java Jo's coffee shop in the Van City building, and (apparently) avoided Starbucks like the plague.

(as well as the original Starbucks on the east side of the Mayfair mall, which I presume is still there, and where in the morning you can literally park right at their front door to go get your java).


Edited by Spy Black, 10 November 2021 - 06:40 PM.

  • Victoria Watcher likes this

#294 Nparker

Nparker
  • Member
  • 40,409 posts

Posted 10 November 2021 - 06:42 PM

...All the folks who work in the vicinity are heavy supporters of Java Jo's coffee shop in the Van City building....

Really? I much preferred it when that location was a Serious Coffee.



#295 Sparky

Sparky

    GET OFF MY LAWN

  • Moderator
  • 13,115 posts

Posted 10 November 2021 - 06:44 PM

It’s really funky now. Way better.

#296 Spy Black

Spy Black
  • Banned
  • 2,461 posts

Posted 10 November 2021 - 06:51 PM

Indeed, I hear it's far better now too. 

 

I'm led to believe that there really is a "Jo" running the place, and that her dedication to her customers is top notch.

I believe she even hosts casual "special" events for folks like the local hot rod cruisers, who head there ... park ... and then go inside for a chin wag and a java.


  • FogPub likes this

#297 Victoria Watcher

Victoria Watcher

    Old White Man On A Canadian Island

  • Member
  • 52,328 posts

Posted 30 May 2022 - 02:17 PM

A Starbucks location in Victoria is calling out the Seattle-born coffee company, claiming it was denied recent wage increases over its decision to unionize.

The capital city’s drive-through coffee shop, located at 3180 Douglas St., said in a Monday (May 30) news release that its employees were denied wage increases and investments into benefits and training which Starbucks Canada announced in early May.

Those increases would benefit every store and every employee role in Canada when they’re rolled out in the summer, the release said. But the Douglas store employees say they received an email shortly after that announcement notifying them “they would not receive the partner investments as they were a unionized store.”



https://www.vicnews....r-unionization/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 30 May 2022 - 02:17 PM.


#298 Nparker

Nparker
  • Member
  • 40,409 posts

Posted 30 May 2022 - 02:33 PM

You win some, you lose some.



#299 Victoria Watcher

Victoria Watcher

    Old White Man On A Canadian Island

  • Member
  • 52,328 posts

Posted 30 May 2022 - 02:36 PM

Presumably they are/will negotiate higher wages than non-union stores, no? Can’t really have it both ways.
  • Nparker likes this

#300 Spy Black

Spy Black
  • Banned
  • 2,461 posts

Posted 30 May 2022 - 03:57 PM

Yeah ... you give up your right to those "freebie upgrades" from the employer when you Unionize. 

By literally giving your legal bargaining rights to the Union, you must adapt to the concept of getting absolutely nothing unless the Union gets it for you.

 

Lots of folks who think certifying in B.C. is a ticket to big money actually fail to do the fundamental math ... that math has to see the Union almost immediately get you a percentage increase to cover your new Union dues, as well as all these niceties these Douglas Street Starbucks folks are now doing without.

 

They'l have to hope their Union will negotiate such niceties for them ... from a company that shuts down stores right left and centre for far less compelling reasons than dealing with Union wage demands.


  • Nparker and Matt R. like this

You're not quite at the end of this discussion topic!

Use the page links at the lower-left to go to the next page to read additional posts.
 



0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users