Buffalo’s Larkinville could soon have another familiar place to linger over coffee, meet a neighbor or take a break from work.

The planned SPoT Coffee expansion would bring a café to 701 Seneca St., with an opening targeted for late 2027.

That timeline remains a plan, not an opening date residents can circle just yet.

The location would be operated by Jefferson Coffee LLC, the franchisee behind another SPoT café on Jefferson Avenue.

For the operator, a second storefront would extend its presence in Buffalo without asking customers to learn an unfamiliar coffee name.

For Larkinville, the proposal reflects a neighborhood that has drawn sustained interest from businesses looking for a foothold near Seneca Street.

Investment around Larkin Square, which opened to the public in 2012, has helped turn the surrounding blocks into a place to gather.

That setting makes a café a plausible fit: people already come to the area to work, shop and spend time together.

It also means SPoT would join an evolving commercial corridor rather than arrive as its only draw.

A separate proposal farther along Seneca Street includes space for a coffee shop and outdoor seating, though it is distinct from the planned SPoT location.

Those plans point to growing interest in café space, but neither should be mistaken for a finished storefront.

The Larkinville project would follow the franchisee’s Jefferson Avenue café, adding another chapter to SPoT’s presence in Buffalo neighborhoods.

For residents, the appeal of new coffee shops often comes down to something simpler than expansion plans: a comfortable place nearby.

And for a corridor still taking shape, another open door can make the walk between existing businesses feel a little more connected.

Whether this SPoT Coffee franchise delivers that feeling will depend on what happens between the announcement and the first cup served.