Dutch Bros Coffee is in permitting and civil plan review to convert a former Starbucks Coffee Co. space at northwest Beach Boulevard and San Pablo Road.
The city is reviewing a permit for an estimated $200,000 project to renovate space and complete site work to include a drive-thru at 14355 Beach Blvd. Dutch Bros does not offer interior seating.
It will be one of at least 12 area Northeast Florida sites for the Oregon-based freestanding coffee kiosk chain that has been expanding into Florida. The DutchBros.com site shows four locations are open in Northeast Florida.
The first area Dutch Bros opened in August 2024 in St. Augustine.
At Beach and San Pablo, city utility JEA issued a service availability determination letter Feb. 26 for a 1,510-square-foot space within a building whose other tenant is FedEx. It said the building will remain, the site will be reworked to accommodate Dutch Bros standards and there will be a tenant improvement.
The Dutch Bros and FedEx stores would operate side-by-side in the building next to the Pablo Station shopping center.
The city issued a mobility calculation fee certificate Sept. 12 for the use of 1,450-square-foot space in the building. No fee was calculated since it is one coffee shop replacing another.
It is not uncommon for space sizes to be adjusted during regulatory reviews.
The dual drive-thru lanes converge into one as it wraps around the back of the building.
The Dutch Bros and FedEx stores would operate side-by-side in the building next to the Pablo Station shopping center.
Z Development Services of Orlando is the project agent.
The 14355 Beach Blvd. LLC company of Jacksonville owns the 3,396-square-foot building, which was developed in 1995 on 0.857 acres.
Starbucks moved nearby into a remodeled Wendy’s at 14447 Beach Blvd. at northeast Beach and San Pablo. The coffee chain has been replacing in-line stores with nearby stand-alone stores and drive-thrus.
The first area Dutch Bros opened in August 2024 at 50 McCoy Way in St. Augustine, about a half-mile north of a Publix at the Shoppes at Palencia Commons in St. Johns County.
In 2023, Grants Pass, Oregon-based Dutch Bros announced its intentions to enter 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.
Dutch Bros started in 1992 and became a public company in 2021 with the formation of Dutch Bros Inc. It is listed as BROS on the New York Stock Exchange.
The name is pronounced “Bros” and not as “brothers.”