Local Coffee Shop Recommendations - EDITED & Closed

[Pat Howlett]

EDITED 1/19/2010: I have found that I'm the speed bump in growing this program - we have many members recommending (here and via email) and shops interested - but I've not been able to find the time to reach out to them and it gets worse when it turns into "phone tag".

SOOO, if you know a Coffee Shop Owner who is interested... please simply "Invite" them to join the network - I'll be on the lookout for them, make contact and share the details - this might not only speed things along, but also concentrate on those shop owners who really see the fit.

I am leaving the original post up below to go along with the recommendations and comments but will need to "Close" the discussion. Hope this works better - it's the old 'ask and you shall receive' at work. :)

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We've started another of our initiatives to help members meet offline to create and enhance business relationships.

The goal will be for inSide919 to create constructive relationships with Locally Owned Coffee Shops... all across the 919.

If you know of one (preferably one you frequent) please post below in the following format:

Name of Coffee Shop
Owners Name if known
Street Address
Town
Phone Number

Let the Coffee Shop owner know you've recommended them so we don't look like a "cold call" :)
[there is NO cost for them to participate]

They will be added to this page - feel free to share this with them.

We intend to encourage inSiders to meet Tuesday mornings (when you can) from 8:30am - 10:00 at the Coffee Shop closest to where they live or work and meet their business neighbors.

These will be informal and without structure - if you can't get there till 9:00am, that's fine, if you have to leave early that's fine as well. This is what you'd do if you lived in a small town :).

Keep in mind that you will be able to take the "conversation" back online here via; Comment Walls, Friend requests and personal internal email.

There is NO cost for them to participate - our gain is that they will want to refer us to their business customers who might benefit from membership here.

Cross-pollination marketing if you will.

They will of course need to become members of inSide919 in order to fully benefit from my plans.

Thanks!


I just launched www.LocalCoffeeBreak.com in order to have a place an inSider can direct a Coffee Shop owner to in order to learn about what I'd like to do. So... simply pass this link onto any owner you know. It is a bit rough now, but I'll add more as we grow.

[Jennifer Conaway]

Does anyone know if 3Cups in Chapel Hill is locally owned? I'm not sure- but it's a wonderful spot for coffee, tea or wine.

ph 968-8993
Address 227 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill 27514

[Pat Howlett]

Hey Jennifer - if you go here, can you ask them?

For some reason we've never been able to get much assistance from Businesses in Chapel Hill and I'd love to change that.

[George Ellwanger, DC]

Name of Coffee Shop:
Wake Zone Espresso
Street Address:6108 Old Jenks Rd
Apex, NC 27523
919-267-4622

[George Ellwanger, DC]

lets get these guys busier. See how hard we can make them work.

[Pat Howlett]

Hey George, I went in there last week and invited Mark the owner to join in - I then called him in order to get his shop listed this week, still waiting on him. If you know him encourage him a bit :) - We're ready for him and he has a very cool shop (I'm an X surfer so like the look)

[Tracey Gritz]

I love this place. GREAT coffee, great sitting area and a wonderful, hardworking owner named Mark.

[Pat Howlett]

I went in and personally invited Mark to join us after you mentioned him (which he was going to that day) and after Greorge posted here I gave him a personal call - we can only do so much if an owner will not take the next step and help us help them. I even added him to the list.

However, sadly I'll be removing him next time I edit that page and will not reach out to him again.

Don't know what else I can do besides what I've done for him - we are all very busy so that can never be a reason for not taking positive action.

[George Ellwanger, DC]

Also:
Crema Coffee Roaster & Espresso Bar
6108 Old Jenks Rd
Apex, NC 27523
919-267-4622
cremacoffeeroaster.com

[Pat Howlett]

Did not know of this one - dropped in on the owner of the Crema on Highhouse - hope to have them included for next week.

[Terri March]

I'm giving a shout out for New World Coffee House, 4112 Pleaseant Valley Road, Raleigh, NC 27612 phone: [phone] Owner: Maria Minichiello. This is a really nice facility with great coffee. It has WIFI and, although it looks tiny from the outside, it is much larger than it appears with cozy rooms where you can sit and talk. I will pass on the link to Maria.

[Michelle Gower-WordPress Mentor]

Maria is on here at 919 and has hosted before, so she'll be easy to reach!

[Pat Howlett]

She was our 1st participating Coffee Break partner - we're there every Tuesday morning.

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