Wawa to open its first-ever drive-thru in this Florida city

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Store to open in Largo

FILE - This April 2, 2015 file photo shows a Wawa convenience store in Philadelphia. To celebrate its newest store opening in Delaware County, Pa., where the Kate Winslet-led crime drama "Mare of Easttown" is set, Wawa is dedicating Thursday, June 10, 2021, as Mare of Easttown Day, an homage to the show that introduced the world to the coffee and hoagies Pennsylvanians have loved for years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (Matt Rourke, Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

LARGO, Fla. – Wawa, a popular convenience store chain along the East Coast, will to open its first drive-thru in Florida, according to St. Pete Rising.

The restaurant will reportedly take the place of a former Kentucky Fried Chicken at 2530 E. Bay Drive in Largo, with the city issuing a development order that authorizes the redevelopment.

St. Pete Rising reported this week that the development order will allow Wawa to demolish the building, constructing a new 2,036-square-foot drive-thru restaurant in its place.

News 6 has reached out to city officials and Wawa for more information and is awaiting a response.

No information has been provided at this time on when the store is expected to open to customers.

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