Inside Riverside's Bold Bean Coffee Roasters

[Timkin]

Gorrie is looking STUNNING .

[ben says]

Sounds good!
Anyone know the % leased yet?

[MusicMan]

One of my favorite places is Portland Oregon and my favorite coffee place there is Stumptown Roasters. Bold Bean
reminds me of Stumptown, I hope (and imagine) it will be just as good. Cold beer (in a cold glass) is always welcome. Riverside-Avondale has just "blown up" in this economic 'slowdown'. I love bucking the trend like that. Soon we'll have Chew and Pele's Fire and who nows what else will move into the neighborhood.

[tayana42]

Good move for the neighborhood.  Should be a success based on reputation, location, and appearance.  Good luck!

[riverside_mail]

Sounds good!
Anyone know the % leased yet?

5 have been sold and occupied so far. A couple more are close to being sold.

[jerry cornwell]

Had my first cup this am.... i look forward to many many more. I cant remember a better cup. Tentative opening this Friday.
My personal black Friday. Cant wait.

[mtraininjax]

5 have been sold and occupied so far. A couple more are close to being sold.

Those 2 contracts fell through, according to Prudential Network Realty, the onsite agency. So there are 5 magical units sold and a lot still remaining.

Bold Bean is a coffee house right? Is their coffee sprinkled with magic pixie dust to make it better than other coffee houses?

[copperfiend]

Bold Bean looks great. Maybe I'm being overzealous but it reminds me of a few of the coffee places I went to in LA.

[peestandingup]

Bold Bean is a coffee house right? Is their coffee sprinkled with magic pixie dust to make it better than other coffee houses?

If you can't immediately see the difference between this, and say, the tons of other "me too" cafes (and I use that term lightly) that have come & gone to the area, then I don't know what to tell you.

Have you ever had a real cup of coffee? And I mean a real cup that was handmade, not something from a machine that someone threw some stale grounds into?? Granted some people probably don't care & will drink whatever truck-stop blend you sit in front of them, but a lot do.

Think of this like you would Bold City or Intuition, but for coffee instead. Pretty much the same concept.

[Tacachale]

^I can honestly say I've never had a cup of coffee like you describe, and wouldn't take one ever unless it was "flavored" with at least a shot of Jameson's. But the difference between this place and the type of coffee shops you normally see is abundantly clear even to me. Not everything interesting and worthwhile has to appeal to absolutely everyone.

And come on, even if you don't care about the coffee you can still have a beer, as I plan to do whenever my wife wants to hit this place up, which I expect to be a fairly regular occurrence.

[ben says]

I don't care if this place sucks, to be quite frank. The interior is gorgeous, it's a benefit to the neighborhood, and I'll do whatever it takes to keep them thriving. This is exactly what this neighborhood (and city) needs.

[mtraininjax]

We need more cool fun places to hang out, agreed. I cannot wait for Pele's Pizza to open up and see the inside of the old pharmacy space.

On another subject, the Mellow Mushroom in Tinseltown is re-opening Saturday with a huge party in the parking lot. They have 18 big screens and 40+ beers on draft, all newly remodeled.

[peestandingup]

^I can honestly say I've never had a cup of coffee like you describe, and wouldn't take one ever unless it was "flavored" with at least a shot of Jameson's. But the difference between this place and the type of coffee shops you normally see is abundantly clear even to me. Not everything interesting and worthwhile has to appeal to absolutely everyone.

And come on, even if you don't care about the coffee you can still have a beer, as I plan to do whenever my wife wants to hit this place up, which I expect to be a fairly regular occurrence.

Oh, I know. I was just meaning their specialty is coffee & roasting. I'm not sure who their beer is from (Im guessing one of the local breweries?), but its just sort of secondary to their business model.

But you're right. Even if you care nothing about coffee, this is still a great place to have a beer & just hang out. But the coffee for me sets it apart, because like I said earlier, no place in town has ever done this before.

[Tacachale]

^Word up. Even as someone who doesn't drink coffee, it seems pretty obvious that this place is a whole different kettle of fish compared to your typical coffee shop. It's a great addition.

[ben says]

We need more cool fun places to hang out, agreed. I cannot wait for Pele's Pizza to open up and see the inside of the old pharmacy space.

On another subject, the Mellow Mushroom in Tinseltown is re-opening Saturday with a huge party in the parking lot. They have 18 big screens and 40+ beers on draft, all newly remodeled.

Anyone know when Pele's is actually opening up? Can't wait, either. I read somewhere (on this forum) that their rent is 8k/month. Is this normal? How the hell will they pull that off? Also, anyone knows if they're doing true Italian style breakfast/espresso?

Re: Mellow Mushroom...I can't make myself drive from Riverside to Tinseltown for much of anything