Ellianos celebrates grand opening of north Live Oak location

Danny Federico editor@riverbendnews.org Gary and Katee Robey, owners of Live Oak's Ellianos, celebrated the grand opening of their new location with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Jan. 6. Local officials, community members, and representatives from the Suwannee County Chamber of Commerce all gathered at the location north of Live Oak to mark the expansion of the popular drive-through coffee franchise. Ellianos Coffee Company was founded in 2002 by Pam and Mike Stewart after the couple discovered the drive-through coffee concept while living in the Pacific Northwest. Upon returning to Lake City, the Stewarts opened the first Ellianos with the mission of "serving Italian q