New ‘drive-thru’ restaurant/cafe proposed at Newtownabbey’s Longwood Retail Park
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An application has been made for a single storey “drive-thru” at Longwood Retail Park.
The Costa Coffee chain already has an outlet on the site.
Canadian brand Tim Hortons opened a branch of the coffee and doughnut chain at Antrim Road in Glengormley in 2019.
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Tim Hortons is an increasing presence in Northern Ireland. The company’s first outlet in Belfast opened at Fountain Street in May 2018 followed by the chain’s first “drive-thru” in the Province at Connswater Shopping Centre and Retail Park in December 2018.
Outside Belfast, branches are now located at Glengormley, Cookstown and Coleraine with a sixth due to open in Bangor.
A new branch could also be in the pipeline at the site of the former Frankie and Benny’s restaurant in Ballymena where a planning application has been made to Mid and East Antrim Borough Council for alterations to the premises at Larne Road Link for a drive through cafe with outdoor seating.
A spokesperson for Tim Horton’s UK and Ireland told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “Unfortunately, we are unable to comment about the site in Newtownabbey.”
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Michelle Weir, Local Democracy Reporter
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