Planning Board approves coffee shop at former bank

Planning Board · Meeting of October 21, 2026

Bridgewater's Planning Board approved a site plan and special permit converting a vacant bank at 110 Main Street into a drive-thru coffee shop. The board voted 5-0 to approve Society Coffee Bar's project, which will add parking from 17 to 25 spaces and reduce two drive-thru lanes to one; engineer Scott Adams said the design includes "320 linear feet of queue length between the pickup area and the ordering area." Owner Keith Viveris said it would be the chain's fifth location, with 39 seats, following branches in Taunton, Somerset and New Bedford, Massachusetts, and East Providence, Rhode Island. A nearby resident objected that "I don't see a need for the alcohol in the hands of college kids." The board separately approved, unanimously, a bumper-car addition at Crisco's Market, a drainage modification at the Hilton Garden Inn site at Lakeshore Center, and a lot release at the Sprague's Place subdivision.

In the full story:

• Continuations and Routine Board Business
• Society Coffee Bar Site Plan and Special Permit — 110 Main Street
• Sprague's Place Lot Release
• Hilton Garden Inn (Lakeshore Center) — Drainage Modification Determination
• Crisco's Market Bumper Car Pavilion
• Moxie Way Subdivision — Condition 35 Tree Protection
• 680 Bedford Street — Continued
• Public Comment: Lakeshore Center Records and Tree-Cutting Concerns
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,596 words

Source: the Planning Board meeting of October 21, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.