CHICAGO — Starbucks is closing hundreds of stores across the United States, including locations in Chicago.

The coffee behemoth announced this week it is closing about 1 percent of its stores in North America and laying off about 900 corporate employees as part of a restructuring plan, according to CNN. Some of the impacted locations are in Chicago, although a Starbucks spokesperson on Friday declined to provide a list of which ones are closing.

Among the confirmed closures is the Starbucks at 1588 N. Milwaukee Ave. at the busy North/Milwaukee/Damen intersection in Wicker Park, according to a notice on its door. Starbucks revamped the store in 2017 into a Starbucks Reserve location.

“We’ve made the incredibly difficult decision to close this Starbucks location by the end of the week,” a

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