New Coffee in Murray Hill or Springfield?

[fieldafm]

Just remember that Bold Bean is already planning on turning their roastery into a café right there on Edgewood.

Yes, this.
Which is why I made the Springfield and Brooklyn suggestions.

Or be smart and come to San Marco

You've got your Starbucks, Pulp and Panera Bread already, yuppie. 

[Tacachale]

Just remember that Bold Bean is already planning on turning their roastery into a café right there on Edgewood.

Yes, this.
Which is why I made the Springfield and Brooklyn suggestions.

That's really cool. Is there a time frame for that?

Or be smart and come to San Marco

You've got your Starbucks, Pulp and Panera Bread already, yuppie. 

I want a local coffee place, hipster.

[InnerCityPressure]

Just remember that Bold Bean is already planning on turning their roastery into a café right there on Edgewood.

Yes, this.
Which is why I made the Springfield and Brooklyn suggestions.

Is the Bold Bean window going to be limited to the same hours as Knead? 

This concept would be the full community coffee house experience.  I think Knead + coffee window would trim a bit of profit, but these would be two different experiences for sure...

[Jessicapants]

I'm in favor of a San Marco location as well. I live in Riverside, halfway between the Stockton Bold Bean and Murray Hill Bold Bean/Knead. I currently spend a lot of my coffeeshop time fairly evenly divided between Stockton Bold Bean and BREW. I'm not sure that Murray Hill will be able to sustain another coffeeshop after Murray Hill Bold Bean opens. (Yet. I do believe that MH will be able to in a few more years though.) San Marco desperately needs a good local coffeeshop now. The place is a coffee desert. It's sad, because I think that the people who live there would appreciate a good locally owned coffeeshop.

[benfranklinbof]

Murray hill allllll the way. Springfield's strip is very limited. Murray hills strip is growing and getting nicer in my opinion.

[camarocane]

Have you thought about the place across Park St from Orsay? It's been vacant for quite some time now and in a good location.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

With regards to MH, we do have Knead and a soon to be opened Bold Bean window on the strip.

These two cater to the types of people you would typically associate with these places, myself included, and I don't think the area would sustain another nearby.  The 'other' coffee drinkers have a Dunkin Donuts on the other side of MH at Ramona and Cassat. 

(Yes, I'm stereotyping, but you need to when figuring a market)

[johnnyliar]

Knead and the Bold Bean window do not supply the same type of environment as an actual cafe. Knead is only open until 2, and who knows what hours the window will operate.

An actual cafe all day, with tables, chairs, sofas, art, music, etc. could be really great for Murray Hill, as residents have no real upscale gathering place or watering hole.

Just my .02 as a MH resident!

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Knead and the Bold Bean window do not supply the same type of environment as an actual cafe. Knead is only open until 2, and who knows what hours the window will operate.

An actual cafe all day, with tables, chairs, sofas, art, music, etc. could be really great for Murray Hill, as residents have no real upscale gathering place or watering hole.

Just my .02 as a MH resident!

I agree with this statement.

Maybe some sort of collaboration rather than direct competition?

[benfranklinbof]

Most places in Murray Hill close at 2pm. We NEED another place that will be open past 2pm. It also has to be open on sundays lol. I'm tired of everything in the hill being closed on Sunday. I think community loaves and knead are the only two places open on Sundays.

[mtraininjax]

Murray hills strip is growing and getting nicer in my opinion.

Of course it is, its NOT VACANT like most of Main Street. No one shops a strip with so many vacancies!

Have you thought about the place across Park St from Orsay? It's been vacant for quite some time now and in a good location.

There is almost no parking, and when the new restaurant comes in next to Orsay, all that parking will be gone too.

[RattlerGator]

Hmmmm . . . no consideration for something closer to the UF Health campus? Near 8th at Boulevard Seems like an opportunity to me.

[Bill Hoff]

My opinion is biased, as I live in Springfield. Of course I believe Springfield is the better choice, and if Sweet Pete's or Tres Leches is any indicator, the neighborhood has a good ability of incubating start-ups. My only suggestion would be to stick to a Main Street location. Also proximity to Uptown may create some synergy.

My thoughts exactly.

[tufsu1]

Murray hills strip is growing and getting nicer in my opinion.

Of course it is, its NOT VACANT like most of Main Street. No one shops a strip with so many vacancies!

Uptown sure is struggling...or not!

[ProjectMaximus]

ICP, can you check your PM? Thanks!