Editor’s note: This is an evolving story. Some locations initially indicated by Starbucks as shutting down will remain open. Please check back for updates._

Starbucks has closed a number of Ottawa cafés as part of a $1B restructuring to reduce the company’s North American footprint by about one per cent and eliminate hundreds of jobs.

The company website no longer shows addresses on Bank Street, Innes Road or Hunt Club Road. At Bank and McLeod, a sign in the window of the café described the closure as an “incredibly difficult decision.”

[ A printed notice taped to the Bank and McLeod café window informs customers of the closure and directs them to nearby stores through the Starbucks app.] A printed notice taped to the Bank and McLeod café window informs customers of the closure and

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