The Next Batch: New Endwell Coffee Shop About to Open

Batch Coffee has moved quickly to transform a closed Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Endwell into its next shop.

The owners of Beer Tree Brew Co. already operate Batch Coffee shops in Chenango Bridge and at the Oakdale Commons in Johnson City.

The company acquired the vacant KFC site at 3010 East Main Street in Endwell in mid-September for $370,000.

Partners Brendan Harder and Chris Rhoades said the job of renovating the old restaurant building started about six weeks ago.

Crews have been busy with a makeover of the interior and exterior of the place.

Harder and Rhoades were on hand Wednesday as workers were being trained for the new Batch Coffee shop. About 20 people have been hired to staff the site.

Rhoades said the location is scheduled to open on November 13. He said it's expected to operate from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week.

The Endwell shop will have the same offerings as the Chenango Bridge and Johnson City locations.

Batch Coffee's expansion will continue. A grab-and-go location in Endicott is to open early next year.

That drive-up site will operate out of a former M&T Bank facility at 28 Garfield Avenue. That location has been unused for nearly 17 years, since the bank closed its drive-up unit there in January 2008.

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