Devastating news for smoothie lovers in Saarburg: Starbucks has closed its outlet after only seven weeks. If you remember, back in August, we reported that the coffee multinational had opened a one-metre-square branch in Wasgau supermarket with a ribbon cut by the mayor.
It has now been taken away and replaced by a stack of Red Bull cans.
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| How it looks now |
Hartmut Landei, the local man who championed its arrival, was today nowhere to be found. A neighbour said he had last seen him at the local travel agent asking how much a ticket to Seattle cost. He originally wanted to fly to Dublin to what he thought was the EU head office, but the travel agent told him all he would find there was a post box.
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| How it looked before |
We called Starbucks in Seattle and were told it had closed due to lack of interest. However, they had been surprised by the arrival of a man from Saarburg who demanded rather vehemently to speak to the owner.
Commenting on its closure today, the mayor said, "What are smoothies? We never found out, but thanks Starbucks for giving us a try! Maybe we should just stick to what we know."
If the mayor's words come true, Saarburgers can look forward to many more years of onion cake and Dutch tourists stopping off for 24 hours on their way home from somewhere else.
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