The live, work, play destination Raleigh Iron Works, located at 1101 East Whitaker Mill Road, plans to add a café and brunch spot later this year.
Drift Coffee & Kitchen is scheduled to open its third Raleigh location in the midtown east shopping mall off of Atlantic Avenue. The restaurant with North Carolina coastal beginnings has multiple locations around the state. The first location was opened in 2014 at Ocean Isle by brothers Michael and Ben Powell, per Midtown Magazine.
The chain with over 13 locations opened their first Raleigh installment in June 2024. The Ridgewood Shopping Center site was soon followed by one in Chapel Hill later that summer, according to an Instagram post. In August 2026, Drift opened a second Raleigh site adjacent to Dix Park…