Starbucks is opening a super-sized gourmet location in Chicago — here's what it will look like (SBUX)

Starbucks is opening an enormous, super-upscale location in Chicago.

On Wednesday, the coffee giant announced that it planned to open a four-story, 43,000 square-foot Roastery in Chicago in 2019. The location, which will be the third Roastery to open in the US, will roast small-bath coffees, serve specialty cocktail-inspired beverages, and bake artisan food in-house.

Currently, Starbucks' only Roastery is located in Seattle, Washington. The success of the Seattle Roastery, which opened in late 2014, demonstrated to Starbucks the potential for more upscale locations and provided a blueprint for the other Roasteries in the works around the world.

Here's what it's like to visit the Seattle Roastery — the inspiration for Chicago's biggest and most over-the-top Starbucks ever:

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