Modern Market Eatery, the Colorado-based fast-casual concept specialising in scratch-made foods using clean ingredients, has opened the brand's first drive-thru restaurant in Colorado Springs.
The new company-owned restaurant is the third Modern Market Eatery location in Colorado Springs. Offering dine-in, drive-thru and delivery options, it will serve the full Modern Market menu, including the new winter menu that launched earlier in the year, featuring eight brand-new dishes.
The restaurant will also feature a "Mini Market" merchandise area that the brand launched earlier this year to provide diners with numerous locally made products, such as Switchback Coffee Roasters, Bibamba Artisan Chocolate and Skratch Labs, as well as Modern Market Eatery hats, mugs and more. The restaurant is also the brand's third location to feature a double-sided assembly line in the kitchen that allows for quicker prep times, meaning guests have shorter waits for their fresh, made-to-order meals.
"Opening our first drive-thru restaurant is just one of the many ways our team is working to reimagine fast food and show guests how healthy food can be a quick, convenient option for the entire family," said Modern Market Eatery Co-founder and President Rob McColgan.
"This will be the first of many drive-thru locations we anticipate developing over the coming years to provide an even more efficient service model to handle the increasing volume of takeout orders."
Known for its mindfully sourced ingredients, Modern Market Eatery never uses artificial flavours or colourings, trans fats, hormones, antibiotics or funky additives and has offered a broad menu of scratch-prepared grain bowls, salads, sandwiches, pizzas and more.
To celebrate the opening, Modern Market Eatery will be donating 100 percent of proceeds from that day to Food to Power, a Colorado Springs nonprofit providing multifaceted programming to cultivate a healthy, equitable food system in the community. The restaurant has created 32 local jobs in Colorado Springs and has seating for 84 guests between the dining room and patio. The restaurant will be open seven days a week.
