by Craig Takeuchi on April 11th, 2021 at 8:00 PM
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It was March 1, 1987, when Seattle-based Starbucks opened its first international location—and do you know where it was?
At Waterfront Station in Vancouver.
That opening marked a milestone for that company, as well as a shift in Vancouver’s café scene from which numerous coffee shops would spring.
Although at one time Starbucks seemed to be on almost every street in the city, the company has become a victim of its own success. During the pandemic in June 2020, the coffee company announced it would be closing a few hundred stores, with up to 300 (initally announced as 200) in Canada.