Coffee is hot, even though it is sometimes served on ice. Over the past few decades, the explosion of coffee culture in the U.S. sparked rapid growth

Big Island Coffee Roasters will open its flagship cafe, tasting room and roastery in Hawaii later this month.

McDonald's does it. Chick-fil-A does it, and now a much smaller operator, Scooter's Coffee, is doing it. Here are seven best practices for opening and operating an

Caribou Coffee announced the signing of several multi-unit development agreements that total more than 300 new locations domestically.

Designers are challenged to work their magic in ways that pack a visual punch, generating buzz and further enhancing the guest experience with aesthetics that surprise

Biggby Coffee continues its aggressive expansion plans by breaking into the Georgia market. 

Here are seven best practices for reviving an ailing brand.

Authenticity is key to a restaurant having a soul, and it can’t be faked.

Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii unveiled new prototypes that emphasize franchisee and customer flexibility, including double drive-thru lanes and streamlined order pickups. 

The coffee shop strategy of creating a third place — a spot outside home and work — for people to gather, might be a waning trend. Black Rock Coffee Bar is among the many

Here's what it takes to grow a chain full of boutique stores.

Panera Brands is launching a domestic franchise program for Caribou Coffee.

Three companies see a bright future for these types of builds.

Vietnam-based TNI King Coffee opened its first U.S. location. The Anaheim unit is just a 10-minute walk from Disneyland at Anaheim Garden Walk. 

Just two months after launching its franchising program, Presotea, an international Bubble tea brand, announced the sale of 10 new locations on the West Coast.

Based in San Diego, Better Buzz Coffee is an emerging chain that eschews the warm wood tones and aesthetic that the largest players in the coffee space embrace. Two

Canadian donut chain Tim Hortons has unveiled its inaugural innovation cafe. Dubbed Tim Horton’s 130 King, the restaurant represents a modern interpretation of the hockey

Dunkin’ announced it has signed agreements to open 50 new locations as it continues to focus on growth and development efforts outside of the Northeast. New locations

Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo is home to the chain’s largest Teavana Bar and Japan’s first Princi Italian bakery location. It also marks the debut of the coffee

New York coffee roasters ...

From New York to Los Angeles, coffee and bar service are hot. These three concepts capitalize on both with three different approaches to these

Global coffee behemoth Starbucks opened its first store in Uruguay, in the capital city of Montevideo. 

DRNK coffee + teaand QWENCH juice bar opened in Sterling, Va. It’s the chain’s first outpost

Dan Brunn Architecturetransformed an existing bare space into a playful, modern, 1,200-square-foot coffee shop in Los Angeles.

Based in Washington, D.C., Slipstream is a hybrid concept. In the morning, the operation offers coffee and breakfast items like

When Peet’s Coffee & Teadecided to open a new unit in Washington, D.C.’s colonial Georgetown neighborhood, the restaurant’s

Starbucks Coffee Company announced the opening of its third Reserve Roastery in the U.S., on Chicago’s tourist-heavy Magnificent

Growing chains usually seek to build on previous successes — in both menu and in design. Swing’s Coffee Roasters prefers each

Italy-based illy coffee company opened two of its illy Caffè units in San

A roundup of some of our favorite café designs from across the globe, including a yarn shop and tea house in Paris, a kitschy camera-themed café in Seoul, a bakery-café