Regions Bank building on JFK Boulevard ruined to give way for 7 Brew Coffee

Rhett BrinkleySite of the future 7 Brew Coffee on JFK Boulevard.
The 4000 block of JFK Boulevard in North Little Rock will soon be a beehive of drive-thru coffee activity. On Monday, the former Regions Bank building on the northeast corner of the JFK and McCain intersection was destroyed to make room for a brand-new 7 Brew Coffee stand.

Soon, when traffic on McCain isn't obscuring the view, commuters exiting the Starbucks drive-thru (4824 JFK Blvd.) will have a good view of the brand-new 7 Brew (4900 JFK Blvd.) right throughout the street, which is simply a few blocks north of the Dark Side Coffee drive-thru stand located on the west side of the highway (4621 JFK Blvd.) in the North Park Mall parking area that houses Hobby Lobby.

Here's what the view appeared like from the Starbucks drive-thru when I got a 6 p.m. cold brew I had no organization drinking Monday night.

Rhett Brinkley7 Brew Coffee will be a stone's throw from the Starbucks on the other side of McCain Boulevard.
7 Brew originally opened in Rogers in 2017, and given that the franchisee Brew Crew LLC of Fayetteville revealed its expansion into Central Arkansas in the fall of 2022, the company has actually opened a number of stores. This year, 7 Brew has actually opened locations at 11100 N. Rodney Parham Road at the site of the former Shorty Small's; 11418 W. Markham St., where TCBY when stood; 8023 Cantrell Road; 11921 Maumelle Blvd. in North Little Rock; 3212 E. Race Ave. in Searcy; and 918 W. Main St. in Cabot.
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7 Brew's generally include two-lane drive-thrus with a walk-up window. One of the criticisms of the Starbucks on JFK and McCain Boulevard is the style of its drive-thru, which isn't simple to gain access to if you're coming from the McCain side and cars and trucks are backed up into the parking lot on the JFK side.

Brandon Sebald, CEO of Brew Crew LLC, stated in a May 2023 e-mail to Arkansas Times that a 7 Brew in Benton is anticipated this year, and Brew Crew has plans for an extra JFK location further north in the very first quarter of 2024.
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According to 7 Brew's site, there are currently 24 locations in Arkansas and more than 100 across the country.