I am still on my quest to visit a number of Starbucks stores with Clover brewers. I recently dropped by the store in the” Cordata Village,” which is a shopping area in Bellingham, Washington. This cute little store is a stand-alone store in a sunny corner location, near a Costco and a Best Buy. Since the store is in the same area as other major retailers, there is a huge parking lot – you won’t have to worry about finding parking.
Starbucks introduced the Clover to this location last August, after the store underwent a major remodel. I visited this store late afternoon on March 26th, and the morning of the27th also. Both times, everyone was super friendly.
Here’s the address:
Starbucks store #354
Cordata Village
4285 Guide Meridian
Bellingham, WA
(360) 650 0883
Unfortunately, I didn’t have the chance to meet the store manager of this store, but the baristas were great. When I asked for my Clover-brewed coffee in a for-here mug, they automatically pre-heated it with hot water. That’s always a nice touch. There was quite a bit of sun pouring in through the windows as I took pictures, but you can get a sense of what the store looks like.
If you’ve been to this store, what did you think? There are now Clovers popping up everywhere. I have a list of Clover locations here. It’s not a complete list. I know I am missing some stores. Please let me know if there is a Clover near you that I need to add to my list. Thanks!
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Melody this store looks so nice and I think it is great they added a clover when they remodeled. I wish as my local SB is to start with their remodel they would add a clover but no such luck. I like the touch of them preheating the water in your mug!
This is one of my favorite starbucks locations. The staff is always so friendly and knowledgable about the coffees. I’m so glad you got to meet them too. 🙂
What a small Starbucks world it is! Thank you Vicky for commenting here – it is super fun to hear from the store’s customers! Yes, the team of baristas seemed very friendly when I there!
Hi Melody! I worked at this store back in 2003-4, when it was a test store for warming… I’m so happy to get to see pictures of how gorgeous it is now! Thank you for sharing 🙂
I can’t wait to go to this store in 12 days!! 12 days omg it’s so close!
Becca! I work at that store, but I’ll be traveling when you visit – I’m sure you’ll enjoy your visit, and the great partners I get to work with!
What a pretty store! I love all the sunshine and especially the bar seating area. What a neat touch.
Liz Muller has said that Starbucks stores are designed as theaters with the bar as the stage and this store has surely accomplished that. My store is a little cafe store and man oh man would I love for it to look like this. I have to say Melody, I love your insights and the different POV you bring to this blog (no doubt the attorney in you), but your photography is greatly underrated! I love the pictures because I have a very clear picture of what this store’s 360 view is, and you caught the bar from the right angle to really show off the bar as stage.
Just out of curiosity, there isn’t a single customer in sight, what day and time were you there? Did you really have the store to yourself?
Hello Organic Fair Trade Dave! Two part reply here – First, I have heard that said about store design focused around the idea as espresso as theater. I know that was part of the thinking for sure with Olive Way where pretty much the bar, and all the barista work area are designed in a near circular fashion, like a center ring that a customer can walk all the way around! It’s an interesting design.
As to the store being empty – That was not really the case. Though there are a few things I do when I am covering a store for a blog article: First off, although it can be tedious, since I try to cover the store and not the customers, I’ve been known to sit and hang out for quite a while in a store, waiting on whole groups of customers to leave and then photograph that area of the store. This was a late afternoon mid-week, which turned out to be a nearly dead hour for this store. The other thing is that once in a while, I’ll get an area of the store that I want with a person in the edge of the photo, and I’ll just crop that person out. And then last but not least, I do end up taking plenty of pictures with people in them because sometimes it cannot be avoided. The store wasn’t empty, but in this case, it was definitely slow!
This is awesome, Melody! Thank you for coming up and spotlighting one of the best stores I have ever been to! And come back and meet Jami sometime–she is an incredible manager!