Java anyone?A roundup of black-owned coffeehouses People don't just drink coffee at coffeehouses anymore, especially in black communities. They've become the new place to socialize so·cial·ize v. so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es v.tr. 1. To place under government or group ownership or control. 2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable. , network, and to be entertained. Black-owned java joints are popping up all over the country. Starbucks shops owned in part by Magic Johnson “Earvin Johnson” redirects here. For the Milwaukee Bucks center, see Ervin Johnson. Earvin Effay Johnson, Jr. (born August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan), nicknamed Magic are some of the most thriving. Now in 19 cities, located in black communities, Johnson's Starbucks are disproving the myth that black people wouldn't patronize pa·tron·ize tr.v. pa·tron·ized, pa·tron·iz·ing, pa·tron·iz·es 1. To act as a patron to; support or sponsor. 2. To go to as a customer, especially on a regular basis. 3. coffeehouses. In fact, Johnson's Starbucks are pulling in sales that have surpassed the company's expectations. But Starbucks isn't the only game in town. There's the popular Lucy Florence Coffeehouse (4305 Degnan Blvd.; 323-393-9395) in Leimert Park, L.A.'s black arts neighborhood. Locals frequent this coffeehouse run by identical twins identical twins pl.n. Twins derived from the same fertilized ovum that at an early stage of development becomes separated into independently growing cell aggregations, giving rise to two individuals of the same sex, identical genetic makeup, and Richard and Ron Harris The term Ron Harris can refer to:
Up in Portland, Oregon, Edwina Wasson and husband Ronald Taylor opened Stellar Coffee (6003 N.E., Martin Luther King Blvd.; 503-289-8118) in April 1999. Hundreds of coffee drinkers a day come in for mocha Mocha (mō`kə), town (1990 est. pop. 2,000), S Yemen, a port on the Red Sea. It was noted for the export of the coffee to which it gave its name but declined as a trading port in the late 19th cent. with the rise of Hodeida and Aden. lattes, Stellar's trademark Icepresso (an iced espresso), or to customize their own drink with the 60 flavors Stellar offers. "We have the most drink offerings in the city," boasts Wasson. Besides its creative drinks, Stellar also boasts a unique decor. Housed in a former service station, the multicolored building, which is primarily purple and gold, has a 20-foot tower. Inside, Stellar exhibits the works of local black artists. Brooklyn, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , is also host to a few African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. coffeehouses, such as Ntozake Lundy's four-year-old Muddy Waters (669 Vanderbilt Ave.; 718-636-7349) in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights. Over in another part of Brooklyn, Monique Greenwood, editor of Essence Magazine, and her husband, Glenn Pogue, opened Mirrors (401 Lewis Ave.; 718-774-1444) in August 2000. The coffeehouse is decorated with mirrors and antiques and has become a community meeting place. |
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