The newly built shop, located at 1 Bridges Drive, will employ 15 to 18 people and will be the chain’s second location in Scarborough.
Scarborough-based coffee shop chain Aroma Joe’s has added a second coffee shop on its home turf, led by two longtime franchisees.
Based at 1 Bridges Drive along Payne Road, the shop will employ 15 to 18 people and will be the chain's second location in Scarborough; its first opened in
2022 at 25 Saco St.
The new location is led by Kendal O’Gorman and Steve Hanscom, who have been franchisees for eight years. O’Gorman and Hanscom also own Aroma Joe’s locations at 633 Main St. in South Portland and inside a Hannaford grocery store at 295 Forest Ave.
“This location is especially meaningful for us,” Hanscom said of the new spot. “Scarborough is my hometown, and opening an Aroma Joe’s here gives us the opportunity to build even stronger relationships within the community we care about most.”
The new store
The Scarborough location is a newly built, 1,000-square-foot drive-thru, offering coffee, espresso, energy drinks, soft drinks and food options.
Aroma Joe’s launched in 2000 in New Hampshire and later moved to Maine. Today, the chain has 130 locations are spread across Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut and Florida.
