The Newport Coast Starbucks (in Newport Beach, Orange County, California) has a Clover! Its first day of launching the Clover was June 28, 2013, which happened to be the last day of my vacation in California last month. It was great to drop by the morning of the Clover launch! It was a busy Starbucks on that Friday morning, so that made it a little more difficult to take photos. The partners there looked like they were having a lot of fun.
Here’s the address:
Starbucks store #14156
21155 Newport Coast Drive
Newport Coast Shopping Center
Newport Coast, CA 92657
Take a look at the candid pic of Brian handing of a drink at the espresso bar! Definitely someone having fun at work!
The balloons in the photo were in celebration of the store having a new Clover. The store design has some unique aspects to it. The merchandise wall has a unique metal casing around it. The store’s wall art features scenes of people in destination cities around the world, with a Starbucks cup somewhere in each photo. Take a look at the handles to the store’s front doors – they’re very ornate!
I wanted to stay until the store emptied out, but I had to get going. Actually, my next stop from this store was the Lebec, California, Starbucks. In the front area of the store, there is an area of comfy seating. It’s not really shown in my photos because it was usually occupied by customers. And, near the Reserve area, there is bar seating too.
Check out this pretty store! I hope you drop by!
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Wow really nice store! Like that they made the opening such a festive time. Our DM said when the remodel was complete they would have a festive celebration. HA! Only problems from the remodel. None real major but nonetheless getting them resolved is a whole other story. Glad you got a chance to be at this store on the opening day.
@Purple1 – I was there for the first day of the Clover, not the store’s grand opening! I can see how I made that confusing. I’ll go back and edit this later after work. It is a nice store! I haven’t heard much about your local store’s remodel? Is it done?
I have such mixed feelings about my local store’s remodel. It does look better, however, that being said there are some issues that as I said cannot seem to get resolved. The store is finished yes. Early on one of the new tables cracked and they took it away but have they replaced it? This actually causes small problems with people trying to access the outlet by the space where the table once was. Also, I know it is summer but the store is incredibly cold like a meat locker and I have sent emails to the DM (he knows me whether for good or bad am not sure) and nothing gets done. Last night a bunch of us regulars were still complaining about it. I guess that is the way of a SB remodel!
Newport Coast is a great store. I wish you had time to stop by my store down the hill at Crystal Cove…we have a Clover as well, which arrived with our remodel in May. Next time! The ocean view is spectacular…not to mention our customer service! 🙂
(I will tell Brian about his photo!)