Current Photo of 1935 Diamond Blvd.
Starbucks, which is basically located on every corner in every city, is looking to open their 10th coffee shop in Concord, according to the City of Concord. They want to build at 1935 Diamond Blvd, near the corner of Willow Pass Rd., which is across Diamond from Denny’s, and in the same parking lot as DaVita Kidney Care (formerly Elephant Bar restaurant). The proposed plan is to demolish the existing building and construct a 1,500-square-foot Starbucks with a drive-through facility with room for 16 vehicles. The parking area would have room for 11 vehicles.
Here’s how many Starbucks each city currently has (feel free to double check our numbers, and feel free to add other local cities in the comment section below)
Concord = 9
Clayton = 2
Walnut Creek = 15
Martinez = 5
Pleasant Hill = 7
Lafayette = 3
UPDATE: The Concord Design Review Board will be talking about this at their meeting on Thursday March 13, 2025 at 5:30 in the permit center conference room at City Hall on Parkside Drive.
image: courtesy of google maps
This location is the disaster that the Treat Boulevard and Clayton Road Starbucks became. We warned the City of Concord then, but they didn’t listen to us.
You and others keep talking about the “nightmare” you “warned” Concord about. I live near both the Treat and the Landana locations and at no time of day, on any day, morning rush or not, have I ever seen a “nightmare” surrounding either Starbucks. Also, opening an additional location alleviates whatever imaginary nightmare you speak of, so I still don’t understand why you constantly complain about this. It’s almost as if people just like saying things in hyperbole for effect without really actually knowing what’s going on…
Actually Jessica you are incorrect and The Black Knight’s comment is 100% accurate. Due to the traffic nightmare at Treat and Clayton Starbuck’s had to close their indoor dining and only utilizes the drive through; however, this has not solved the traffic issues. Not only were they forced to close the indoor area they also had to put up cones to prevent certain points of entry and exit at the site. Many times there is a line of cars extending from the parking lot onto westbound Treat which has caused backups and accidents. All of us knew that this location (an old Shell gas station) was not a good place to put in a “drive through” Starbucks. The new location under discussion will have no bearing on the traffic nightmares at the Treat/Clayton location. Starbuck locations are a matter of convenience and customers will not seek out going to Landana, Diamond Blvd. etc to get a cup of coffee, so that line of reasoning is in accurate. The various City Departments of Concord really need to start listening to those residents that live in the affected areas of business/housing developments, etc and look at the quality of life, not just what the almighty dollar might bring to the City in the short run.
If these multiple shops are operating on an earnings basis, go ahead. I will not visit, and I could not make a suggestion of what to put in there (perhaps other than the much vaunted and requested Olive Garden, is it by Badge1104?).
Can i bring my starbucks coffee to this meeting and say I want concord to beat walnut creek at having 16 starbucks coffee shops?
also, when is it too much starbucks? Ive seen Peets close coffee locations in berkeley and oakland.
how is starbucks able to have this many locations and still keep enough business? Itd be funny if all these starbucks locations suddenly need to close to slow sales.
Please please don’t go to Starbucks.
I’ve done the math: you’ll save $1.26 million over 8 weeks by simply using a $60 machine at home.
When sb decided on old tiny Christmas Tree lot at Treat and Clayton Rd.
Bunch of us mentioned it was a bad idea traffic wise.
Smart folk at city hall signed off on it.
If memory serves inside sit down business was closed
because of parking lot flow problems.
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Here we go again, Diamond Blvd at Willow Pass Rd. is one
of the busier intersections in Concord. If existing street layout
stays the same. . . . I’ll make same suggestion as Treat,
bring your lawn chair, a thermos of coffee and sit back
and watch all the fun. Maybe make up intersection / sb bingo cards.
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Will accident rate increase in that area as driver attention shifts between
sipping and driving. Then there’s after Thanks Giving run up to Christmas?
What a bunch of namby pambies! Use alternate routes to avoid traffic, EZPZ
Check out Dutch Bros in Oakley sometime… they know how to handle a crowd.