Coffee Locals: Celebrating Unique Coffee Experience
Who else but people that are passionate about coffee, and the coffeehouse experience? One gets a certain feeling when entering different kinds of businesses. Do you remember the first time you strolled into a really hopping bar? Or what it feels like to step into that cute little boutique on the side street, like you have found something really special. Or the classic: walking into a small, old fashioned diner / burger joint. Maybe it’s a little rough around the edges. But it’s so real. Never contrived. No pretension. Independent coffeehouses might just be the perfect vehicle for capturing these great feelings.
The “Who” of Coffee Locals are people dedicated to creating and preserving businesses with personality, but more by living them than by designing them. Their heart and soul is in the business, and this can be sensed upon walking through the door.
Coffee Locals regular members meet all of the following requirements. We feel it is important that the local coffee house fan be comfortable knowing that our organization is true to the ideals we tout, and that the group is not just a whitewash of p.r. that sounds good.
From our By-Laws:
“’Regular Members’ shall consist of businesses originated in the St. Louis metropolitan area; With a substantial component of their business generated selling brewed specialty coffee and coffee based drinks by the cup; Owned by individuals or privately held corporations, with no more than six (6) total locations, in or out of the St. Louis area; With at least fifty percent (50%) of the ownership residing in the St. Louis area; That is not a franchise business, a traditional restaurant, or a gas station / convenience store.
More specifically to “who”, please also see the “where” page…
