Biz News: Curiously Contoured Mercurys Coffee Opens in Kirkland

Have you seen the curiously shaped new drive-through structure on Rose Hill at 8506 122nd Street? It’s the sixth location of Mercurys Coffee Co., founded in 1998 in Woodinville by Morgan Harris.

The Kirkland shop opened May 4 and will celebrate its grand opening Friday (4 a.m.-11 p.m.) and Saturday (5 a.m.-11p.m.) with free drinks, mugs, tee-shirts and more than $2,500 in Mercurys gift cards.

Mercurys sells a large variety of hot and cold coffee -- lattes, cappucino, mochas, etc -- using organic, trade-free coffee, along with baked goods, desserts, breakfast and lunch foods.

And that crazy-cool shape? Harris is billing it as “America’s Most Architecturally Stunning Drive Thru Coffee Bar,” and Mercurys is already known for the unusual shapes of some of its other locations.

“I wanted to build something that was unique and evoked emotion in people when they saw it,” he says. “I also wanted to push the envelope, so to speak, in the drive-through coffee industry and raise the bar.”

Elements of the other locations were used in the design.

“I'm proud of how it turned out and from the feedback we have been getting along with the constant flow of people just stopping to look and take pictures, I would say we hit the mark pretty high,” says Harris.

Lots of photos of the new building and other information are available on the company Facebook page as well as the home page: www.mercuryscoffee.com.
Its other locations are in Redmond (2), Woodinville (2) and Fall City.

Regular hours at all the shops are Monday through Friday, 4:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

You can leave a message for the company at 425-481-4511.