College Township Planning Commission on Tuesday heard an overview of plans for the first Centre County location of a growing chain of drive-thru coffee shops .
7 Brew Drive-Thru Coffee is planning to open a location on a portion of the parking lot at the Hills Plaza on South Atherton Street. The 540-square-foot shop and 230-square-foot remote cooler will replace 48 existing parking spaces between Kish and First National banks in the parking area near Ollie’s Bargain Outlet.
Founded in Rogers, Arkansas, 7 Brew serves no food, only drinks including coffee, tea, hot chocolate, Italian sodas, smoothies, shakes and energy drinks. Travis Odom, a Pennsylvania franchise partner who presented the sketch plan, said it also does not accept online orders or third-party delivery services such as Uber Eats or DoorDash…