Starbucks opens in The Grove at Newark

Starbucks has opened in The Grove at Newark, joining an ever-expanding roster of businesses in the renovated shopping center formerly known as College Square.

The coffee shop is located in a new building near the intersection of Library Avenue and Wyoming Road, roughly where the old Pep Boys once stood. It is the second tenant in that building, which also houses breakfast eatery First Watch.

The Starbucks includes a drive-thru, outdoor patio and approximately 25 seats inside.

The ubiquitous coffee chain has more than 38,000 locations worldwide. The Grove location is now one of three in the City of Newark, along with one on Main Street and one inside the Acme in Suburban Plaza.

The coffee shop is open from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends.

Starbucks soon will be joined by several more new businesses at The Grove, including:

- Lefty’s Alley and Eats, a family entertainment center featuring traditional bowling, duckpin bowling, golf simulators, axe throwing, an arcade, an entertainment stage and a restaurant and bar

- The Picklr, an indoor pickleball facility

- X-Golf, which features golf simulators, a cafe and a bar

- Nifty Fifty’s, a 1950s-themed diner that sells burgers, cheesesteaks, milkshakes and more

- Del Pez Mexican Gastropub, a Mexican restaurant that started on Main Street and now has a location at the Wilmington Riverfront

- Turkiye Kebob House. a Middle Eastern restaurant

- Coldstone Creamery, which sells decadent ice cream sundaes, made to order by employees who mix toppings into ice cream on a frozen granite slab

- Smoothie King, which sells a variety of smoothies, smoothie bowls and fruit beverages