Starting today the Post Gazette is featuring a monthly column… on coffee. Did I just write that? The fourth Thursday of every month, the PG will change the dining section to the coffee section. This is a pretty big deal for cafes like ours that consider themselves more culinary than convenience, more slow food [...]
During the recent barista competition I sat down with a reporter from the Associated Press to discuss the life of an independent coffee bar in the struggling economy, why we participate in competitions, and the role of the barista as a culinary professional. This story is on the “coffee economy” (everyone’s thoughts are on the [...]
The New York Times over the past three years has really gotten behind the developing New York coffee scene. With wonderful places such as Cafe Grumpy and Ninth Street Espresso, it’s well deserved. It’s an interesting read, and you get some perspective with quotes from the owners of Ninth St, Grumpy, and some thoughts from Doug [...]
Nice writeup by The Associated Press today on the Strip District, it’s history, and how the “Trendy, gritty wed…” in the former “shantytown”. Please read the article, then continue reading this post… Ok done reading? Good… One thing I want to clarify is my “bragging” about Starbucks and Panera closing in the Strip. Both businesses [...]
One of the neat things about our website is that we can see what sites refer traffic here. We can also see what search results people used to find us (or accidentally found us based on some searches). Today I logged in and saw a bunch of referrals coming in from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. [...]
