Two Starbucks coffeehouses at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are set to shutter — but the closures are not up to the Seattle-based coffee giant.
The spaces are operated by HMS Host, an airport food-service company. Other concessionaires won a recent round of bidding for those locations at the airport.
Workers will be laid off at the store in Concourse A from Dec. 31, 2026, to Jan. 13, 2027, per a state filing received Friday by the Employment Security Department. But it wasn’t immediately clear how many.
The notice confirmed the closure of the store due to a contract expiration. The lease ends Dec. 31, said Port of Seattle spokesperson Kassie McKnight-Xi, and Anchorhead Coffee will replace it.
Another Starbucks location in Concourse C is also slated to close and be replaced by The Flora Bakehouse, she added.…