gotta be the galleria area. I know of 3 in the mall, one on post oak and one not far off on fountainview and westheimer. in fact. here you go. Starbucks (713) 961-7533 Wi-Fi Hotspot 5015 Westheimer Rd # 3140 Houston, TX Map 3.1 Starbucks (713) 532-7666 Web Site Wi-Fi Hotspot 10001 Westheimer Rd # 2530 Houston, TX Map 3.1 Starbucks (713) 629-8919 Wi-Fi Hotspot 5000 Westheimer Rd # 100 Houston, TX Map 3.1 Starbucks (713) 621-7685 Wi-Fi Hotspot 2521 Post Oak Blvd Houston, TX Map 3.1 Starbucks (713) 626-0226 Wi-Fi Hotspot 5161 San Felipe St Houston, TX Map 3.5 Starbucks (713) 960-0021 Wi-Fi Hotspot 4500 San Felipe St Houston, TX Map Starbucks (713) 622-3858 Wi-Fi Hotspot 1151 Uptown Park Blvd # 12 Houston, TX Map 3.8 Starbucks (713) 961-1847 Web Site Wi-Fi Hotspot 4081 Westheimer Rd Houston, TX Map 3.8
Wouldn't you think saturation would set in... It's like they say, "hey, sales are down, we need a more stores"...but in reality, it hurts the individual performance of each store because as a whole, sales are up...
In my area: -A standalone Starbucks in the shopping center on Champions and 1960, by Carrabba's -A Starbucks inside Barnes and Noble, right across 1960 -A Starbucks inside Randall's, in the same shopping center as B&N -A standalone Starbucks about a mile down at the corner of Steubner and 1960 -A few miles the other way, a Starbucks inside the new Target at Cutten and 1960 -A Starbucks inside Willowbrook Mall, with another one being built -A standalone Starbucks across the street, in the Willowbrook Commons shopping center -A standalone Starbucks on the other side of 249, by Circuit City Yeah, finding coffee isn't a problem in this area.
I can walk to any one of the 15 or so different Starbucks in the vicinity of my apartment, in 15 minutes, in the Chicago loop. Seriously.
There is one in Baybrook Mall and one further down Bay Area in the Kroger at the intersection at 528.
Not to mention the two other Starbucks on Shephard, one near Alabama and one right before 59. You also have the Starbucks on Montross near Alabama. They would probably put even more in, but they have to compete with two Deidricks, Empire, Brazil, etc.
http://www.starbucks.com/retail/locator/default.aspx You can type an address and find all Starbucks within 2 miles. In Manhattan, there are 169 Starbucks in a 5 mile square. More densities here: http://www.kottke.org/05/01/maximum-starbucks-density