Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol announced the company will be shuttering "Pick Up" locations across the country. Here's what to know in Tennessee.

Starbucks has always said that its goal is to be your “third place.” The idea is that it’s the other place you go between home and work. It’s where you go to hang out with your friends, get some work done, study for an exam, or just read a book. Of course, being a third place means being a place where people want to hang out.

Just a few weeks ago, Starbucks announced a significant overhaul is coming to over 1,000 of its stores by the end of the year as the beloved coffee chain looks to fulfill its promise as the "third place" after home and office.

Starbucks is ending its pickup-only store concept, including at this location in Seattle near the Space Needle. (GeekWire Photos /) I stopped

The coffee giant is walking away from a format it once bet big on: the mobile-order-only store, dubbed “Starbucks Pick Up.” Around 80 to 90 of these stripped-down locations — places with no seats, no counter, and barely a presence — are being shut down through 2026.

WASHINGTON — Starbucks is shutting down its “Pick Up” store format, phasing out the mobile-order-only model by fiscal year 2026, CEO Brian Niccol announced during an earnings call this week. Niccol said the locations were no longer compatible with the Seattle-based coffee chain's plan to get "back to Starbucks."