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Drive-thru java joint Dutch Bros Coffee opens on Shawnee Mission Parkway

Shawnee Dutch Bros drive-thru

Oregon-based Dutch Bros just opened its first Johnson County store on Shawnee Mission Parkway. Above, a Dutch Bros worker hands a customer a drink. Photo credit Leah Wankum.

Caffeine hunters on the go have another local option after drive-thru coffee chain Dutch Bros Coffee opened its first Johnson County location in Shawnee this month.

Driving the news: Dutch Bros Coffee on Shawnee Mission Parkway opened for its first day of business last Friday, with the Shawnee Chamber of Commerce officially marking the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier in the week.

Hi! I'm Lucie Krisman, and I cover the city of Leawood and Johnson County Government for the Post.

I'm a native of Tulsa, Okla., but have been living in Kansas since I moved here to attend KU, where I earned my degree in journalism. Prior to joining the Post, I did work for The Pitch, the Eudora Times, the North Dakota Newspaper Association and KTUL in Tulsa.

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