Locally owned location to open this summer with drive-thru, beignets and conference room

NEW ORLEANS (July 31, 2025) – PJ’s Coffee is giving a taste of New Orleans tradition as it prepares to open its doors to the community at 402 E. 2nd Ave. in Rome on Monday, Aug. 4.

Just a few blocks from Broad Street and surrounded by local medical offices and shopping plazas, PJ’s Coffee offers a perfect spot for both quick coffee runs and community events. The new 3,000-square-foot standalone coffee shop will feature a drive-thru and a 240-square-foot conference room, serving as an ideal place to hang out, work or relax, as well as a great venue for local meetings, networking and events.

The new PJ’s Coffee will be locally owned and operated by Mike Liggons, a business owner with deep roots in the area. A member of the Rome Floyd Chamber of Commerce, Liggons brings decades of entrepreneurial experience to the brand. With 35 years in the trucking industry and current ownership of both a small fleet and a lake charter business, Liggons saw PJ’s Coffee as the perfect next chapter.

“Bringing PJ’s Coffee to Rome has been a great journey, and I truly want to thank everyone in the community for the overwhelming support and enthusiasm I’ve received,” said Liggons. “I wanted to bring something unique to town — PJ’s stood out to me for its great reputation and New Orleans roots. I’m looking forward to serving you all!”

This will be just the second PJ’s Coffee location in Georgia and the first in the Rome area.

In addition to PJ’s signature cold brew and other coffee drinks, guests can look forward to a variety of fresh-baked pastries and New Orleans-style beignets made to order. And just in time for the opening, the Rome location will also offer PJ’s signature New Orleans favorite drinks — including King Cake, Southern Wedding Cake and Southern Pecan flavors — and buzz from the bayou with its new Hurricane, Swamp Attack and Voodoo Energy Drinks. Guests can order online or through the PJ’s Coffee mobile app.

To learn more about the New Orleans-born brand and its offerings, visit pjscoffee.com.

About PJ’s Coffee

Phyllis Jordan, a pioneer in the coffee industry, founded PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans in 1978 and demonstrated that better beans, superior roasting techniques and pure passion for the art of coffee-making mattered. In 2008, the company was purchased by New Orleans natives and brothers Paul, Steven, and Scott Ballard. PJ’s Coffee serves a wide variety of hot, iced and frozen coffee beverages using only the best quality Arabica coffee beans, as well as organic tea and fresh breakfast pastries. PJ’s Original Cold Brew™ Iced Coffee is brewed daily using a special cold-drip process that protects the flavor and strength of the beans while producing a coffee that is two-thirds less acidic — a process and technique developed by its founder and used for more than 45 years at all PJ’s locations. Bags of whole-bean coffee and single-serve cups of PJ’s Coffee are available for sale in-store and online. With more than 185 operating stores, including four international locations, PJ’s Coffee continues to grow in the U.S. and abroad. For more information, visit PJsCoffee.com or follow PJ’s Coffee on Facebook, Instagram or X (formerly Twitter).

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