Nearly a year in the making, Orange Cup Java Station SideHustle is up and running at its new location at 2701 E. Main St. in Galesburg.
The new store, located in a former filling station building most recently occupied by Galesburg Car Care, has been remodeled and will offer a sit-down option and offer a new expanded food menu. Like it’s location on North Henderson Street, the Orange Cup SideHustle will offer a drive-thru window.
Owners Melany and Scott Baldwin launched their new store at the corner of East Main Street and Soangetaha Road with a soft public opening Thursday morning. A formal grand opening celebration will be held the first week of October.
The new Orange Cup SideHustle will be open the same hours has the North Henderson Street location — 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
New Orange Cup Java Station SideHustle opens on East Main
With three glass doors replacing the former garage doors in the former filling station, the new Orange Cup features an open and bright environment with with a modern decorating theme.
Melany Baldwin told WGIL, “We had one person come in and say, ‘This isn’t Galesburg.’ I was like ‘No, this is the new Galesburg.’ You hear so many people say you can’t do this or get that in Galesburg. But I came to Galesburg and saw so many possibilities. We have so many wonderful young people here, so I said, ‘let’s give them something to talk about.’”
In addition to its vast beverage menu, Baldwin is excited to offer more food options in the coming weeks. Orange Cup will continue to serve bakery items from Carriage House Bakery, and add items from Black Market Bagels. Baldwin also said LaToya Carson, owner of Galesburg-based Next To The Salt Catering & Co., has been hired to handle Orange Cup’s expanded food menu.
Orange Cup is nearly doubling its workforce with a second location, going from 24 employees to 46.
Baldwin said, “We have a team that is quite unsurpassed, honestly.”
The new Orange Cup location will be able to offer opportunities to host live music, events and functions.
