Read my interview with Lisa Jennings of Nation’s Restaurant News on the state of America’s fast growing coffee chains and speculation on franchisor It’s a Grind’s chances of becoming #2 behind Starbucks. Long Beach, Calif.- Marty Cox opened the first It’s a Grind coffeehouse here in 1995 with the goal of finding a new career [...]
Entries from August 2006
Calif.’s It’s a Grind promotes quality, comfort in crowded coffee segment
August 28th, 2006 · No Comments · Retail Coffee Industry
Tags: cafemakers·coffee·starbucks
In the Dog House
August 26th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Venting Steam, Weird but True
Let’s file this one under “what were you thinking?” Only a day after its grand opening Aug. 1, Pup N Cup Doggie Boutique Cafe, a dog and human-friendly kibble and coffee-shop on Hillside Avenue, shut its doors to its two-footed customers. more…
Tags: coffee
Great Restaurants Serving Great Coffee
August 4th, 2006 · No Comments · Tips
In my August 2006 column for Hospitalty News, I interview and share tips from restaurants that are serving great coffee. Continuation on its way for September. Great Restaurants Serving Great Coffee
Tags: cafemakers·coffee
