Extra-caffeinated Wichita adding two new coffee options, one that also serves doughnuts
An already extra-caffeinated Wichita is adding two new coffee businesses: One opened Wednesday and the other will be up and running in the next couple of weeks.
Wednesday was the first day of a “soft opening” period for Wichita’s second local 7 Brew drive-through coffee shop, which started serving this morning at 110 N. Rock Road. The chain’s first store opened in September at 3031 E. Central, and a third will open later this summer at 11465 E. 21st St., which is just to the east of the Arby’s at 21st and Greenwich.
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The shops, which operate out of pre-fab buildings that are dramatically dropped onto their sites, are drive-through only and are known for fast service. Based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, 7 Brew served espresso-based coffee, teas, energy drinks and more. The chain has more than 100 shops across the country. Its hours are 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
Customers are invited to a “swag day” on Saturday, July 29, when every customer who purchases a large drink will get a free 7 Brew T-shirt.
The just-opened 7 Brew is at Douglas and Rock on a site where a longtime strip center that held Hen Features and a few other buildings was recently demolished.
Next up: Sugar Llamas
Even more coffee will be available by Aug. 5, when Sugar Llamas officially opens its west-side Wichita store. The shop, whose specialty is colorful frosted mini-doughnuts, has its grand opening day set for Saturday, Aug. 5, says owner Kim Mallon, but it will likely start a “soft opening” period a little sooner.
The shop at 841 N. Tyler also serves a full line of coffee drinks as well as ice cream. It’ll have a drive-through and sits on the south end of a strip center near Central and Tyler.
The Sugar Llamas chain was founded by Dallas and Robyn Jones, who also started the self-serve frozen yogurt chain CherryBerry in 2010. (Wichita had a CherryBerry at 737 N. Maize Road from 2011 until it closed in 2015.)
Sugar Llamas is also looking for employees. Those interested should email sugarllasmaswichita@gmail.com
This story was originally published July 19, 2023 at 12:14 PM.
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