Quick-service coffee shops are popping up all over Johnson County. Here comes another
With close to 50 locations — including ones in grocery stores and hotels — Starbucks seems to be a fan of Johnson County.
(Comparatively, the company has more than 30 locations in Jackson County.)
In May, the Seattle-based coffee giant began building a location at 75th Street and Frontage Road in Overland Park. Last month, it opened another in the new Merriam Grand Station development, less than 2 miles away, at 8719 Shawnee Mission Parkway.
Now, yet another location is coming to Johnson County.
Starbucks is opening a location at 11350 Nall Ave. in the Galleria 115 development, according to documents from the city of Overland Park. It will open in the spring, according to the company.
The new coffee shop will neighbor First Watch, which opened this summer, and Whataburger.
But the chain isn’t the only coffee company looking to capitalize on the county’s caffeine cravings.
Dutch Bros has five Johnson County locations, and it’s looking to open two more: 9721 Metcalf Ave., where Sears once operated, and in the Prairiefire district at 135th Street and Nall Avenue.
In 2017, Arkansas-based coffee company 7 Brew made its way to the Kansas City metro, and its Johnson County locations include 11001 Metcalf Ave. and 15027 Metcalf Ave. in Overland Park.
Caribou Coffee is looking to open a location at 159th and Brentwood streets in Olathe.
Dallas-based 151 Coffee built a location at 9180 Metcalf Ave. in Overland Park. Mike Wattles, vice president of finance for the company, said the coffee drive-thru will open as soon as its certificate of occupancy is approved by the city.
Meanwhile, Starbucks has generated national controversies over some of its employment practices.
Employees at the 75th Street and I-35 Starbucks became the fourth store in the Kansas City area to unionize in May. Months before, employees at the location joined around 200 other Starbucks locations nationwide and walked off to protest working conditions.
This story was originally published September 13, 2024 at 11:49 AM.