The latest addition to Harrogate’s coffee scene opened its doors today.

Starbucks welcomed its first customers in the former Leon site on Wetherby Road at 8am.

The store offers the full range of Starbucks drinks, including regular coffees, as well as the new crème brûlée drinks range, iced frappucinos and fruit-flavoured refreshers.

It also serves hot sandwiches, toasties, sweet treats and branded merchandise and coffee.

Store manager Chris Gilbert today told the Stray Ferret the new site has brought 18 jobs to the local area and the staff are “excited to meet the community and soon-to-be regular customers”.

People can order in-store, at the drive-through and through the online click-and-collect service, he added.

Area manager, Jennifer Edgar, said the firm opened in Harrogate because it is “an amazing place”, adding:

The new store also has free parking, EV charging points and WIFI for customers and remote workers.



Brand manager Dipesh Patel said the site will eventually offer delivery services too.

He told the Stray Ferret:

The new Starbucks site will open daily from 7am to 9pm. It will open at 7.30am on Sundays. The company previously said it would open at 6am but confirmed today it will actually be 7am.

The store offering 1,000 tall drink vouchers to customers, which are valid until this Sunday (May 26), on a first come, first-served basis.

Leon, which closed last April after just 10 months, was operated by Blackburn-based EG Group.

The firm also runs Starbucks franchises, as well as brands including KFC and Greggs.

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