Dutch Bros Coffee is moving forward with plans for a 950-square-foot to-go shop in Saint Johns.
The 0.75-acre Dutch Bros will be in the Shops at Race Track Road at Race Track Road, St. Johns Parkway and Russell Bridge Drive, about a half-mile east from Lake City-based Ellianos Coffee.
The county received a completed land development permit application April 15 from Z Development Services LLC for the shop at 4560 Race Track Road.
Separate departmental approvals for the project are required from the Environmental Division Historic Preservation, Planning and Zoning and Technical/Transportation Development to ensure the project is a good fit for the area. A building permit will be required for construction.
Dutch Bros will have a double drive-thru and a walk-up service window, parking and a trash enclosure. There will be no indoor or outdoor seating.
Texas-based St. Johns at Racetrack LLC is the land owner. Houston-based Castles Design Group is the architect.
The Racetrack Road location is one of six sites Dutch Bros Coffee has identified in Northeast Florida.
Dutch Bros carries coffee, drinks and a limited menu of pastries with no cooking on-site. It offers cold brew, chai, hot coffees, energy drinks, teas, lemonades, smoothies and its signature Dutch sodas.
The food menu includes granola bars and muffin tops.
The name is pronounced “Bros” and not as “brothers.”
Dutch Bros Inc. is based in Grants Pass, Oregon.
It expects to open at least 150 to 165 new shops in 2024. According to data company Scrape Hero, it had 912 locations in the United States as of Jan. 30.
The company reported revenue of $965.8 million for 2023, up from $739 million in 2022 and $497.9 million in 2021.
Brothers Dane and Travis Boersma founded Dutch Bros in 1992. Dutch Bros Inc. was formed June 4, 2021, to become a public company. It is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Dutch Bros joins several coffee drive-thru kiosk chains opening in the area.