MacKenzie Elmer

melmer@dmreg.com

A car crashed through a brick wall of popular Des Moines coffee shop Smokey Row Sunday night.

The driver crashed through the northeast wall of the store around midnight and fled the scene, said district manager Aaron Corbin.

He estimated the crash caused about $10,000 worth of damage to the Sherman Hill shop..

Workers had boarded up the wall by 6 a.m. and were serving coffee to patrons.

"It was atrocious," Corbin said of the accident. "But I don't think there are many coffee shops could have a car crash into their store and be operational in time for opening."

Corbin said police believe the driver of the vehicle had been drinking.