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Bryan Murillo
Apr 5, 2026
Don't call yourself a "coffee place" if you don't actually sell "coffee". I had never been to one of these places, but have seen them popping up in the area and the lines are always crazy long. My wife and I passed by one in Lockport while visiting my in-laws for Easter. The line was significantly less than I've ever seen one before, so I said, hey, why not, let's give it a try. I got in line, didn't realize the ordering style was like Portillos, but hey, we figured it out. The girl came up to my window, asked what I wanted, I admittedly told her I'd never been to one before and she seemed genuinely excited for me to try it for the first time. She asked what I wanted, I said, "medium black coffee." This apparently is when everything went haywire. "You mean, like an Americano?" ..."nope, just a plain, black coffee, you know, coffee, no cream, no sugar, just plain black". [Insert confused look]..."ummmm, ok..." [Still confused look] She pushed some buttons on the tablet and my wife got a strawberry smoothie, which, apparently is a menu item because that wasn't confusing at all. I pay the total, get in line for pick up, and I turn to my wife and say, "This is scary if a 'drive thru coffee' place doesn't know what black coffee is." ... sure enough, I was sadly right. I got what I can only describe as a cup of hot brown water. After the girl's confused look I got when I asked for a cup of black coffee, I should have gone with my gut instinct and got out of line. Moral of the story, if you're looking for coffee, skip this chain and find the nearest Dunkin', Starbucks, Speedway, Circle K...you get the picture...