Construction
If you were at the DoubleShot yesterday afternoon, you're probably curious what all the racket next door was about. Well, we're expanding.
The space next door to us (to the south) is connected by double-doors, which have been hidden behind the lockers all these years. That space is where Chrome Clothing Company began (and then they moved to 15th Street) and then a business moved in that had no real identity. It has been vacant for a long time and there is talk in spurts about different people moving in there. But talk is cheap. We finally decided to make a move on it.
We've been busting at the seams for a while. It's packed in here. With all the coffee beans and sample roasting and cupping and packaging and trying to keep up with products and wholesale orders, there just isn't enough space for all of our customers any more.
When I opened the DoubleShot a little over six years ago, I had very little money to work with. I had to live with the lines for water and electricity that already existed. I had to work with a counter arrangement that was far from ideal, but I made it work. It's never been exactly the way I wanted, and now I have a second chance.
We'll be building out for the next 4 weeks probably. And then we'll move the coffee counter into the new space. Hopefully I'll manage to make it flow better, look better, and function better. I want to make it easier for us to sell you coffee and to provide more brewing methods for you to try our various coffees. It should be a lot of fun. One highlight I will tell you about is that there will be a ten-foot-long counter on the backside of our espresso counter, which will have as many stools as we can fit there. This counter will be dedicated to (as well as hanging out with you guys) demonstrating various brewing methods (pourover, presspot, and aeropress for now). So if you've always wanted to try a one-cup pourover of the washed Yirgacheffe Gedeo, it will be easy.
This will also allow us to store more coffee beans, as I'll be roping off the entire front section of the current store for roasting, packaging, cupping, and my office. We've been limited by space up to now, but soon we'll have the freedom to buy more of our favorite coffees.
There is also a full basement under the new space, but right now that will be reserved for storage, bike-building, and whatever other tomfoolery we decide to engage in (VIP lounge, anyone?).
Stay tuned. And excuse our noisy construction.
We're expanding!
posted by Brian at 4:44 AM
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