Coffee shops are front and center on the front page of today’s Press Herald. Bard, Coffee by Design, Arabica, Maine Roasters Coffee and Mornings in Paris are all part of the article.
Jeremy Pelkey raised a few eyebrows when he opened a new specialty coffee shop in the Old Port last month.
Starting a business in the depths of an economic recession may appear to be an unwise financial move. Opening a coffee shop in the Old Port, where coffee sellers are already plentiful, might seem even riskier.
But five weeks after Bard Coffee opened across the street from a Starbucks, business is going well, Pelkey said.
“We have a ton of regulars,” he said. “We haven’t moved backward yet.”