{"id":156325,"date":"2026-08-31T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/156325\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T13:53:12","slug":"scooters-drive-thru-launches-new-store-south-of-downtown-warsaw-with-soft-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/156325\/","title":{"rendered":"Scooter’s Drive Thru launches new store south of downtown Warsaw with ‘soft opening’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Customers were seen lined up at Scooters shortly after 6 a.m. Monday. News Now Warsaw photo by Dan Spalding.
\nBy Dan Spalding
News Now Warsaw<\/p>\n

WARSAW\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0The newest coffee shop in Warsaw \u2014 Scooter\u2019s Coffee Drive-Thru<\/a> \u2014 opened early Monday morning after nearly 20 months of preparation for its franchise operation at the corner of South Buffalo and Prairie streets.<\/p>\n

The drive-thru sits on a nicely landscaped tract on the southeast corner of the old Marsh parking lot and just north of Conley\u2019s Barber Shop.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Brothers Brody (L) and Eric Ewert stand outside of the the news Scooter\u2019s Coffee Drive-Thru in Warsaw last week. News Now Warsaw photo by Dan Spalding.<\/p>\n

Owner and operator Eric Ewert tells News Now Warsaw they chose the location just down the street from Warsaw High Community School, where Eric was a former coach and teacher and Brody was a standout basketball player.<\/p>\n

Brody will be the store manager and oversee a staff of 30 to 35 people.<\/p>\n

Both said they hope to capitalize on their connections to the school to support the business, and ventured into the community in recent weeks, teasing potential customers with samples.<\/p>\n

A \u201csoft opening\u201d began before sunrise Monday with a long line of cars before the first drink was served.<\/p>\n

Eric said he began researching business options, discovered the franchise opportunity with Scooters \u201cand fell in love with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He spoke highly of the Omaha, Nebraska, chain and how the company supports entrepreneurs getting into the retail coffee business.<\/p>\n

They acquired the lot from the city of Warsaw, which purchased the entire Marsh lot several years ago when it was working to market the property.<\/p>\n

Plans for an antique mall in the old grocery building are still in the works, according to the city.<\/p>\n

Scooters has about 900 locations across the country, and much like Starbucks and Dunkin\u2019, which also have stores in Warsaw, they\u2019ll focus on drive-thru coffee and much more.<\/p>\n

Eric said the menu is geared to attract customers beyond just the breakfast crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just coffee \u2014 we have Red Bull infusions, smoothies, shakes, we have food, tea, lemonades,\u201d he said during a recent interview.<\/p>\n

The local Scooters is counting on differentiating itself from other nearby coffee shops in the downtown area.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know with the drive-thru, it\u2019s a little different than some of the other coffee shops that you would find downtown,\u201d Eric said.<\/p>\n

Store hours are 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and will stay open until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n

Opening a business, the brothers said, is something they never really considered until just a few years ago.<\/p>\n

So can they be compatible in a work atmosphere?<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, we\u2019re very compatible, and we\u2019re very direct with each other, but it works well,\u201d Eric said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Customers were seen lined up at Scooters shortly after 6 a.m. Monday. News Now Warsaw photo by Dan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[95],"tags":[73423,73424,73425,73426,182,73427,73428,181,20752],"class_list":["post-156325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-warsaw","tag-brody-ewert","tag-corporate-support","tag-eric-ewert","tag-former-coach-and-teacher","tag-poland","tag-scooters-drive-thru-coffee","tag-standout-basketball-player","tag-warsaw","tag-warsaw-community-high-school"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117190459843844255","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}