Starbucks customers who frequented the Georgia Avenue location in the Shaw Howard community in Northwest Washington, DC, will have to find other options for their favorite brew or cold treat. The popular location sent customers an email Saturday morning that the store would close that same day. It is one of at least 16 stores in the DC Metropolitan area and hundreds in the U.S. and Canada that will shut its doors. NewsVision reporter Jada White has reaction.
Howard University Starbucks Announces Sudden Shutdown
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