A growing national coffee chain has opened its first locations in the Midlands area, converting shops that previously were owned by another company.
Dutch Bros Coffee, which has locations in a number of states, has recently opened several new drive-thru stores in the area. Those include shops at 9349 Two Notch Road and 4716 Devine St. in Columbia, 308 Columbia Ave. near downtown Lexington, and at 1511 Lake Murray Blvd. in Irmo.
The new coffee shops have quickly proven popular. For instance Lexington location was busy with cars when a reporter went by during the weekend, and the Devine Street location had customers’ cars wrapped around the building on Monday morning, though the line was moving quickly…