Starbucks announced the 10th and Chestnut closure in July 2022 along with the shuttering of 14 West Coast locations and one in Union Station in Washington, D.C. Center City District president Paul Levy told The Inquirer at the time that Starbucks and other businesses had experienced persistent problems with drug use in their bathrooms. At the time of those closures, Debbie Stroud and Denise Nelson, Starbucks' senior vice presidents of U.S. operations, alluded to those issues in an open letter posted on Starbucks' website. "You're also seeing firsthand the challenges facing our communities — personal safety, racism, lack of access to healthcare, a growing mental health crisis, rising drug use, and more," they wrote. "We read every incident report you file — it's a lot." Soon after the 10th and Chestnut store closed, Starbucks announced a new location several blocks away, at 1709 Chestnut St., which would offer take-out only with no public seating or public restroom.