A Few P-Town Starbucks to Close

You may have heard that Starbucks is closing 600 stores this year. Five of 'em are in Portland. The list of stores on the chopping block:

20th/Division
18th/Hawthorne
Clackamas Town Center
Cornell and 188th (Hillsboro)
18000 NW Evergreen Pkmy (Beaverton)

I can't say I'm sad to see these stores go away, but I do feel for the employees, some of whom didn't realize their stores were closing until they were contacted by the media.

Starbucks says it will find jobs for as many of these employees as possible, and offer severance packages to the others.

If your coffee shop is closing and you need a new one, check out a list of some of Portland's best places to drink coffee.