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New drive-thru Starbucks, C-store that's 'more than a gas station' coming to town

QuikTrip has filed an application to build its first store in Western North Carolina on Upward Road at Ballenger Road.

 

Breakfast biscuits, pizza, subs, milkshakes and more are on the menu at a new convenience store expected to open on Upward Road at Ballenger Road.
Part of a chain that brands itself as “more than a gas station,” the store would be the first in Western North Carolina for Oklahoma-based QuikTrip, which has 37 stores in the Charlotte metro area, 19 in Greenville-Spartanburg and 941 nationwide. Counter-ordered “Snackies” from QuikTrip Kitchens include breakfast scrambles, hot dogs, eight different subs and wraps, pork, brisket and chicken barbecue sandwiches, mac and cheese, croissants, pretzels and soft-serve ice cream.
Starbucks plans to open a drive-thru shop on Upward Road next to Bojangles. [CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT]Starbucks plans to open a drive-thru shop on Upward Road next to Bojangles. [CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT]The Upward Road I-26 interchange also is set to get the city’s second standalone Starbucks. Last month the City Council rezoned a .75-acre parcel to allow a 950-square-foot drive-thru and walk-up window Starbucks next to Bojangles. Unlike the Starbucks off Four Seasons Boulevard, the new one would have no indoor dining.
The 3.8-acre QT site, owned by Ruth and James Erwin (three-quarters of an acre) and commercial real estate broker Jeff Justus, is valued for tax purposes at $978,000.
The Lightning had not heard back from the corporate headquarters of QuikTrip or Starbucks by this week’s print deadline.