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New drive-thru coffee shop has big opening

The new 7 Brew drive-thru coffee shop opened Monday on Spartanburg Highway.

By Amy McCraw, Published: September 21, 2026

Customers in cars and on foot lined up early Monday and continued streaming in when 7 Brew, a new drive-thru coffee shop, opened on Spartanburg Highway.

“It was just crazy when we got here (at 5:30 a.m.). It was really busy,” manager Hannah Fisher said. 
By the time she took a short break at around 9:30 a.m., cars continued to fill both lanes of the drive-thru where workers stood outside taking and delivering orders.
Others parked and walked up to the shop for their drinks while a group of young people gathered around a table sitting just outside.
A grand opening "Swag Day for 7 Brew" happens Saturday with free T-shirts for customers who buy a large drink. Workers plan to dress in disco attire for the day, Fisher said.
Founded in 2017 in Northwest Arkansas, 7 Brew by 2020 had grown to seven stands. The startup was purchased in 2020 by an entrepreneurial group that operated the company as Brew Culture LLC. The new owners revamped drive-thru operations, modernized the menu and most importantly, created the legendary “Brew Crew” culture that serves more than one million drinks per day, the website said.
The menu at the 7 Brew location in Hendersonville offers a variety of coffees, energy drinks, teas, sodas, shakes, smoothies and lemonades. The shop also sells muffin tops to guests looking for something to snack on with their drinks, Fisher said.
The business at 840 Spartanburg Highway stands on part of the property where the Kelsey’s restaurant was once located. Kelsey’s closed in 2011 and briefly reopened under the leadership of the owners of the Mills River Family Restaurant on N.C. 191 before closing again. The building was demolished in 2025.
Ken Gordon and his brother, Michael, bought the property through their Bickering Brothers LLC from Hendersonville businessman and restaurant owner Bob Quattlebaum shortly before the pandemic in 2019. Quattlebaum still owns Binion’s Roadhouse on Four Seasons Boulevard.
7 Brew occupies what was the parking lot area of Kelsey’s while the remainder of the Kelsey’s property remains open and available for development.
Opening the 7 Brew coffee shop took 10 months for permitting and building, Gordon said.
“It was quite a process,” he said. "Bickering Brothers LLC is appreciative of the work by  Piedmont Beverage Company and the City of Hendersonville to locate on our site."

The Piedmont Beverage Company is the 7 Brew franchisee serving North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. 
Gordon said he hopes to get a cup of coffee at the business in Hendersonville soon.
“Hopefully, they will do real well,” he said.
7 Brew is open 5:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 5:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.