The TDLR listing calls for a 986-square-foot freestanding Dutch Bros at 5005 Richmond Ave., near Loop 610 and U.S. 59. The estimated $750,000 project is expected to start construction on Dec. 30 and finish by May 19, 2027. As always, don’t take the completion date as the opening day. There’s always one hiccup or another when it comes to opening a business.
Unless I’m missing another location, this technically would mark Dutch Bros’ second coffee shop inside Houston’s core. The first opened at 2301 University Blvd. near Rice University in October 2025. The chain has largely been concerned with Houston’s suburbs like Katy, Humble, Sugar Land and Baytown to name a few.
The first Dutch Bros opened in 1992 in Grants Pass, Ore. The coffee chain is entirely focused on the drive-thru experience. Customers can pick from a variety of hot and cold beverages from the store window or drive-thru lane. Today, the chain counts more than 1,000 stores nationwide.
That template seems to have worked for a bunch of other businesses too. In Atascocita, along a stretch of West Lake Houston Parkway near FM 1960, there is a trio of small-format beverage stores: Dutch Bros, Swig and HTeaO (Though the latter has an area you can walk in). Abbott Frozen Custard adopted a building with a similar footprint along the same road, but it closed last year.