Belfountain Coffee Closing!

[SteverinoB]

My wife and I dropped into Belfountain for a coffee today at a favourite M/C and non M/C java stop and the first thing we see is this....





Too bad! Great coffee and people. Figure it won't take long before someone else is up and running here?

Cheers...Steve

[Chaos]

I wouldn't bet my life savings that there'll be another coffee shop.

[Brian P]

Yikes, what will we all do now? There is a little restaurant directly next door (currently far too small - the number of people that go through the Shed on a busy day would overwhelm them) ... and another one around the corner and down the hill (but only with a very small parking lot) ... and another one across the street from that one.

I know the locals don't like that the Shed is a hang-out but it seems like a good business model for that location.

The quiet antiques and trinkets shops that the locals seem to want to have, are not.

[C-Note]

Very overpriced little shop. And I'm a Starbucks drinker... Sorry to hear, for those of you who have fond memories of the joint

[eastcoast_gsx]

Landlord wants the business for himself maybe?

[RetroGrouch]

The girls were always pleasant, even on the busiest of weekends. They always appreciated the biker business.

[Flywheel]

Unfortunate news. It's a good place to start from in the West End. Grab a coffee, see new bikes, talk to the riders.

[AGAVE]

Typical story, many landlords and real estate people are pirates, they make higher profits than drug dealers.
Basic greed and aspirations of more money will kill any small business.
10$ says it becomes a Tim Hortons or a Starbucks.

[silverbullet132]

^ If it is one of those 2, I HOPE it is a timmies.

[jc100]

^ If it is one of those 2, I HOPE it is a timmies.

But Timmies doesn't serve coffee, it serves dark coloured foul tasting hot water. Starbucks does the same but gives it an italian name and charges you 4 times as much.

I like independant coffee places.

[MacDoc]

+1 especially with cute girls - a Shed speciality on those hot days.

That place was a gold mine - I doubt very much it will close permanently - might relocate - the place across the street was also caught up in a scrap and stayed empty for 3 years.
Seems contagious around there.
I'll niggle Michelle over some details.

The little group of immortals on GoogleStreetview will be devastated

[FiReSTaRT]

That sucks. I've only been there a couple of times, but got great service and the coffee was at least half-decent.

[00ninja]

But Timmies doesn't serve coffee, it serves dark coloured foul tasting hot water. Starbucks does the same but gives it an italian name and charges you 4 times as much.

I like independant coffee places.

+1

[mxs]

That place was a gold mine -

You have seen the books?

[beverage]

10$ says it becomes a Tim Hortons or a Starbucks.

There is zero likelihood that Tim Horton's would move into that building. Starbucks, maybe.

[Dresden]

There is zero likelihood that Tim Horton's would move into that building. Starbucks, maybe.

Highly doubt it's even on starbucks' radar.

Second cup or coffee culture, more likely.

[canadianshark74]

Sad to hear the Shed is closing.
They have good coffee.

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[MacDoc]

Not big enough for Coffee Culture - I like their food but their coffee sucks big time.

[silverbullet132]

The hot chocolate was good, don't drink coffee

[kiwi]

I know the locals don't like that the Shed is a hang-out but it seems like a good business model for that location..

whats the bet the landlord got pressured from the locals to not encourage a coffee hang out for bikers?
or perhaps on the opposite front, Tim Hortons wants to open up there Captured Market