Starbucks Windward City Renovated

I was worried that the caffeine addicts in Kaneohe wouldn’t have enough sources. But then, the Starbucks inside Windward Mall opened, and the busy Windward City location finished its renovations and is also open to quench coffee cravings.

From the outside, everything looks the same at the Windward City Shopping Center.

The inside has adopted the modern rustic look like the Windward Mall location. Not as original as the Waikiki Park Shore store, more like the Kakaako store, but definitely different from its previous look. The seating has changed the most. Gone is the short, four-seat counter and barstools by the entrance, replaced by a counter that spans the entire window front.

The small, two or four-seater tables have been replaced by a massive single table.

The lighting also changed. I don’t remember what the lighting used to look like but now, there are incandescent or incandescent-looking bulbs with a branded diffuser.

But alas, my hope that this renovation would also bring in Hawaii’s first Clover brewing system wasn’t realized. The Aloha State is still Clover-less.