All Posts Tagged With: "Coffeeco"
Best of 2012: Battle Brewing Over Lease Agreement
In late 2011 Coffeeco devotees had a real sense that trouble was brewing at the business’s Johnson Street location. Less than two weeks into the new year, owner Rich Ottenhof explained the dire situation to his customers, concluding that landlord Hugh Mosaheb’s actions would result in the unwanted closure of the store. Ottenhof’s open letter sparked [...]
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Around the World in a Cup O’ Joe
How do you like your coffee? Do you take it with milk or sugar, or perhaps some chicory root? As the world’s second most traded commodity after petroleum, it makes sense for people to like their coffee in many, many different ways. In a quest to learn more about coffee around the world, I headed [...]
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Weekly Poll: Best Cup of Coffee in Kingston
I love coffee, and I love independent, locally owned coffee shops. Regular readers might be experiencing a tinge of déjà vu after digesting that statement, as I’ve written a few times about my disdain for Starbucks and their quiet attempt to saturate downtown Kingston with their overpriced, over-hyped brand. While Starbucks hasn’t added another store [...]
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Community Soapbox: Battle Brewing Over Lease Agreement
I have a disappointing update to our [Coffeeco's] efforts to reach agreement on a lease extension at our Johnson Street location. For those of you who haven’t been following I’ll provide a detailed update. We have been sub-letting space at 344 Johnson Street from a failed coffee business and abiding to the terms of an [...]
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The State of… Downtown Sidestreets (Part 2 of 3)
Last week we revisited a topic that’s near and dear to the hearts of many Kingstonians: the ever-changing landscape of downtown Kingston, specifically lower Princess Street. In our original three part series that was published two years ago, we provided a snapshot of new, relocated and recently closed local businesses. After publishing last week’s update, [...]
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Weekly Poll: Kingston’s Signature Dish
Philadelphia is known for its cheesesteak. Belgium is the birthplace of waffles. And Quebec lays claim to first combining french fries, cheese curds and gravy. While not every city in the world can claim responsibility for creating popular menu items, they each have unique and interesting restaurants, public markets, bakeries, breweries and other manufacturers of [...]
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A Brief Guide to Coffee in Downtown (Part 2 of 2)
This is a continuation of a Brief Guide to Coffee in Downtown, Part One. Next up was Sleepless Goat. I don’t always love the atmosphere here. It has its charms but sometimes I find it too busy, too loud, and too messy. The tables are pretty rickety and the surfaces aren’t always the cleanest. That [...]
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Not Another Starbucks
Many folks in the former Steeltown used to joke that you could not make a left turn anywhere in the city without passing by a Tim Hortons. Nowadays, that’s actually not too far from the truth in most of Canada’s urban areas, while Kingston seems to gain one new store per year. Recently the Limestone [...]
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Kingstonist’s Guide to Patios
At some point during the May long weekend, someone flicked a magical switch and awoke the sweaty beast known as summer. Over the past few weeks, we’d been enjoying a long run of fantastic, nearly ideal weather, however the sweltering heat and unbearable humidity has finally arrived. Thankfully, along with summer conditions come seasonal traditions [...]
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LNMG April Meetup
The Limestone New Media Group (LNMG) is a group of individuals in and around Kingston, Ontario who are immersed or otherwise interested in new media, digital media, social media, web 2.0 or whatever else you’d like to call it. The group includes bloggers, podcasters, video podcasters, broadcasters, social networkers, and those who simply want to [...]
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