Starbucks is cutting back.

The Seattle-based chain closed nine cafés across the Denver metro area in recent days, including one in REI’s Denver flagship store at 1416 Platte St. and two in downtown office towers — at 1670 Broadway St. and 1900 16th St.

It’s part of a wave of closures across the country. Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol announced last week that the company’s North American store footprint would shrink by 1% this year.

“We identified coffeehouses where we’re unable to create the physical environment our customers and partners expect, or where we don’t see a path to financial performance, and these locations will be closed,” he wrote.

Here are the nine Denver metro stores that closed, as first reported by 9News.

Starbucks also closed a spot at the corner of Sixth Avenue and So

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