Another new Roasters Coffee opens in Richland this week

Roasters Coffee is hoping that Friday the 13th will be a lucky day.

It opens at its 14th location at 6 a.m. Friday at Center Parkway and North Steptoe Street in south Richland.

It plans an opening day special of a select menu of $2 medium drinks.

The new location of the Tri-Cities homegrown chain will be its third in Richland. The other Roasters are in Pasco, Kennewick and West Richland, plus one in Walla Walla.

It just opened a new Roasters last month at West 27th Avenue and Vancouver Street in Kennewick.

Roasters Coffee opened in Pasco in 2009 in the parking lot of the Red Lion.

The new locations are being built after founder Wes Heyden and his team took a pause on development last year.

They focused on systems and operations for its growing network of coffee shops, trimming costs to offset minimum wage hikes and managing the fallout after a contractor that built one of its buildings filed for bankruptcy.

Last year the company moved into new corporate quarters near its Columbia Center Boulevard drive-through in Kennewick.

Its outlets have similar modern architectural touches with quirky, individualized decor. Some offer places to sit with friends inside and out, while others are drive-up stands.