Fluffy Fluffy Cafe Eyes Former Starbucks on Virginia
The Reno location has no opening date yet, so watch the company website for a "coming soon" update turning into a real date.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Openings & Closings
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Reno diners in south Virginia Street will soon have a new option, as a Japanese-style cafe called Fluffy Fluffy has filed plans to take over the former Starbucks space at 6637 S. Virginia St. in the Commons shopping center south of Neil Road. The cafe serves souffle pancakes, burnt-top cheesecakes and croffles.
Why it matters
A former Starbucks pad sitting empty in a busy shopping center is the kind of small change that shapes how a corridor feels day to day. The tenant improvement application is a concrete step, but no opening date has been set, so the timing remains open.
Fluffy Fluffy reports more than 30 North American locations and about 70 worldwide, a footprint that has grown since it began franchising in 2020. The Reno cafe has no announced opening date yet.
The players
Fluffy Fluffy
A Japanese-style cafe franchise known for souffle pancakes, burnt-top cheesecakes and croffles, with more than 30 North American locations.
The details
A tenant improvement application was filed Wednesday for the former Starbucks at 6637 S. Virginia St., with the work planned "per Fluffy Fluffy cafe standards." The site sits in the Commons shopping center south of Neil Road, alongside Total Wine, Petsmart and Wrap It Up Mediterranean food. The company, founded in Canada in 2018, lists the Reno location as "coming soon" on its website.
Timeline
2018: Fluffy Fluffy was founded in Canada.
2020: The company began franchising.
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026: The tenant improvement application was filed for the Reno site.
No opening date has been announced for the Reno cafe.
The Truckee Meadows View
The Commons shopping center on south Virginia Street already hosts Total Wine and Petsmart, and this filing puts a newer food concept into a pad that Starbucks vacated. It follows the familiar Truckee Meadows pattern of retail spaces on busy arterials being re-tenanted rather than rebuilt.
If you drive or shop along South Virginia Street, expect a new dessert and breakfast option in the Commons center once the cafe opens. No opening date has been set, so watch the company's site or the center for an announcement.
The takeaway
A former Starbucks in the Commons center is being reused by a dessert-and-breakfast chain, with paperwork filed but no date yet. Keep an eye on the Fluffy Fluffy website, which lists the Reno location as "coming soon," for the opening announcement.
Further reading
For more restaurant and retail openings across the valley, browse Openings & Closings in the Reno business section.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Reno Gazette Journal.
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