When Angela Collins drives to work, she never knows if she’ll be able to get into her office’s parking lot on Iroquois Avenue. Cars waiting to purchase drinks at 7 Brew back up onto the street, she says.

“We get the finger. We get yelled at. We get profanities because we’re just trying to get in and out,” said Collins, who works at the Naperville Acupuncture Center. “That’s very stressful to come to work and say, ‘Oh, am I going to be able to get in today or not, or leave today or not?'”

Since opening in October 2024, the drive-thru-only franchise off Ogden Avenue has drawn customers from all over the Chicago area. Nearly half of all customers who visit the Naperville location travel anywhere between 10 to 30 miles for the coffee, according to Laura Karet, whose 7 Brew franchise territor

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