The Coffee Room is a new coffee shop in downtown Bridgewater that serves drinks, sandwiches and pastries. Bridgewater has a lot of new businesses that have popped up in the past year.

The Coffee Room has a plan in place to open a drive-thru; this will make it the only coffee shop in Bridgewater with a drive-thru. So many of Bridgewater’s businesses are locally owned small businesses, The Coffee Room included.

Sakura has opened their doors within the past couple of months; they serve Asian foods, specifically sushi and hibachi. Bridgewater is limited with how many cuisines their restaurants can offer; however, with new businesses opening steadily, more cuisines can be represented.

Sakura replaces the restaurant, Magnolia’s, which was a staple in Bridgewater, but closed last year. All of the new businesses in Bridgewater are utilizing pre-existing buildings.

Greedy’s Grill replaces what used to be Bob-A-Rea’s; it is owned by the same people as New York Flying Pizza and Francesco’s in town. Like New York Flying Pizza and Francesco’s, Bob-A-Rea’s was one of Bridgewater’s Italian restaurants, but Greedy’s Grill is an American-style diner.

Friendly Express is a new convenience store that opened in September this year in Bridgewater. Friendly Express is one of at least seven businesses in Bridgewater that sell pizza.

The Creative Art Studio opened in May and now sports a new mural on the front. Bridgewater has a lot of restaurants, but businesses like The Creative Art Studio give people a place to go to have fun.

One of the upcoming businesses in Bridgewater will be a Macado’s, a chain that sells American food. Bridgewater is constantly growing and welcoming new businesses.