The owners of Walnut Street Tea Company are adding a second location with a drive-up window at Village at the Crossing in southwest Champaign.
It will be at 2510 Village Green Place, in the former Pie’s the Limit location, said Hilary Porter, who bought the business in 2016 and owns it with her mother, Julie Anders.
The longtime Walnut Street Tea Company shop at 115 S. Walnut St. in downtown Champaign will remain open, Porter said.
She and Anders have wanted to open this second location in southwest Champaign for some time, Porter said. They’ve also wanted a second location with more space to allow for serving coffees and teas, and eventually pastries, and with more parking than they have downtown, she said.
“Parking was a big motivator,” she said.
The second Walnut Street Tea Company will, initially, carry the same coffees and…
