New Starbucks location opens in Merced with drive-thru and covered patio
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- Starbucks opened a new Merced location on East 23rd Street, raising the city total to nine.
- The new store features drive-thru access, outdoor patio seating and order status screen.
- Starbucks reported 308 net new stores and $9.5B in revenue for Q3 FY2025.
Nine.
That’s the number of Starbucks in Merced, including a new location that has opened just off of one of the city’s busiest streets.. That’s about one Starbucks for every 9,778 city residents.
That means there are more stores in Merced per capita than state. According to Sun-Star research, the state average is one store for every 12,360 people and national average of one store for every 19,874 people.
The new coffee shop in Merced is located at 5 E. 23rd St. near the intersection of East 23rd and G streets. The new location features large tables in an open seating area as well as bench seating along the dining area’s windows. The location also has a drive-thru as well as an outdoor patio that overlooks G Street.
The East 23rd St. location brings the total number of operating Starbucks within the city to nine, according to the company’s website.
According to the company’s store locator, Starbucks locations in the City of Merced are located at:
- 360 West 16th St.
- 1665 R St.
- 5 E. 23rd St.
- 689 W. Olive Ave.
- 3280 R St. inside Target
- 1993 W. Olive Ave.
- 700 Carol Ave.
- 145 E. Yosemite Ave.
- 856 S. Coffee St.
There are currently Starbucks locations operating within half a mile of each other with one location at 689 W. Olive Ave. and another operating inside Target located at 3280 R St. Two other Starbucks locations in Downtown Merced, one located at 360 W. 16th St. and the other at 1665 R St., are within about 0.8 miles of each other, according to Google Maps.
The East 23rd St. location, the newest Starbucks to open in the city, is located about 1.2 miles from a Starbucks at 360 W. 16th St. The East 23rd Street location is open daily from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., according to the company’s website.
With the new location situated at the edge of a neighborhood and near an intersection along one of the busiest streets in the city, it is unknown if increased traffic flow will become an issue.
According to City of Merced Spokesperson Jennifer Flachman, the City of Merced Police Department acknowledges that with any new business, an initial spike in traffic may occur and the department currently does not have technology at that intersection to directly monitor traffic patterns. The police department’s traffic engineering team and traffic committee look at long-term monitoring of traffic flow and the police department will take steps to ensure safety if any ongoing issues are identified.
The Seattle-based coffee giant, reported that it opened 308 net new stores in the third quarter of fiscal year 2025, which ended on June 29, for a total of 41,097 stores. The company reported that by the end of the third quarter the United States and China make up 61% of the company’s global portfolio, with 17,230 stores in the U.S. and 7,828 stores in China.
The company reported seeing quarter three net revenues up 4% to $9.5 billion.
This story was originally published September 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM.