7 Brew, a drive-thru-only coffee shop that has something of a cult following, has been given the green light to build a new location on the site of a former Wendy’s fast-food restaurant in Carpentersville.

The Arkansas-based company, which advertises that it has 20,000 unique drink options, has been awarded a special permit from the village that will allow it to build at 2280 Randall Road.

It will be competing with a Starbucks that recently opened in the same shopping center.

7 Brew plans to demolish the vacant restaurant and put up a 750-square-foot building that will have two drive-thru lanes and an overflow lane on the south side of the building. It will be landscaped and will have 10 parking spaces for employees but no parking for customers or indoor seating.

In order to keep traff

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