The Barn opening latest drive-thru in Center Moriches

The Dairy Barn transformations continue: Long Island's latest big, red drive-thru coffee and dessert spot, The Barn, opens Friday in Center Moriches. With it comes a spring menu of specialty drinks that will be available at all stores.

Featuring For Five Coffee, The Barn sells coffee beverages, lattes and iced coffees ($6.99 for 24 ounces), as well as iced teas, lemonades and hot chocolates. But it’s the hot and iced specialty drinks that generate buzz.

New flavors of protein-packed drinks include a peanut butter banana protein latte (from $7.99), as well as a vanilla ube cold foam latte ($7.99), and a strawberry caramel cloud latte with caramel drizzle and strawberry foam that's topped with a cake pop ($17.99). This season’s "bucket" oversized concoction is a turbo-sized Key lime vanilla latte with white mocha drizzle and vanilla cold foam topped with graham crackers and Key lime pie ($18.99).

Dirty soda debuts include a blueberry citrus soda with blueberry lemon-flavored Sprite with Swedish fish "swimming" in a fishbowl cup ($8.99) and pineapple peach cream-flavored Sprite in a Mason jar topped with peach rings ($12.99). More elaborate: a lavender lemon cake pop dirty soda ($17.99). Put any drink in a Peeps marshmallow candy-themed cup for $9.99.

Along with her father and sister, owner Irena Angeliades purchased 49 Dairy Barn stores on Long Island 15 years ago and has been revamping the drive-thrus one by one. The first Barn opened in 2025 in Huntington, followed by East Northport, Patchogue and Ronkonkoma, all generating long lines at peak coffee-drinking hours, thanks to coffee-loving TikTok and Instagram patrons posting shots of gussied-up lattes and dessert-topped iced coffees.

Next up for relaunch: Massapequa and Seaford.

The Barn Center Moriches, 490 Main St., Center Moriches, 631-909-1731, thebarnlongisland.com. Open daily 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

By Marie Elena Martinez

marieelena.martinez@newsday.com@mariesworlds

A global freelancer who has checked her suitcase to raise her young daughter on her native Long Island, Marie Elena will always make time for good mezcal, even better tacos and killer conversation. Preferably, in a corner bar seat. She can be found on Instagram at @mariesworldeats.