Biz News: Woodinville-Based Mercurys Coffee Opens Sixth Location

This article was reported and written by Greg Johnston.

More Mercurys Coffee? That's right. They've opened a sixth drive-through location on Rose Hill in Kirkland at 8506 122nd Street. Mercurys Coffee Co. was founded in 1998 in Woodinville by Morgan Harris.

The Kirkland shop opened May 4 and is celebrating its grand opening Friday, May 17 (4 a.m.-11 p.m.) and Saturday, May 18 (5 a.m.-11p.m.) with free drinks, mugs, T-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 the new location doesn't disappoint with its 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.

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.