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.

[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

[Scuba Steve]

No chain would have any interest in that location or building.

[CruisnGrrl]

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

i was thinking the same about the landlord, as far as i know there are no rent controls on businesses.


loud pipes close coffee shops.

[mikbusa]

loud pipes close coffee shops.

That, and people buying one coffee and occupying parking spots for hours and hours killed it.

[Chaos]

whats the bet the landlord got pressured from the locals to not encourage a coffee hang out for bikers?

I bet that was part of it. Which is why I wouldn't bet my life on another coffee shop opening.

[mxs]

Is two strong days out of seven really enough to keep place like that kicking. I've gone through on odd times during a week and it has always been dead. The stuff is not cheap there, but I cannot imagine it would balance the books out. If they had to pay rent, that's two licks, once landlord, second time the coffee shop owners.

[MacDoc]

Latest from the mares' mouths ........Shed closing for certain in favour of a pet food store

Good news is they are close to closing on a place in Erin for Shed II

[silverbullet132]

A pet food store, there? Seriously?

[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.

[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.

[RC8BOY]

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.

You have absolutely no clue as to what you're talking about. If a Landlord makes 10% on his money, he's doing very well.

[RC8BOY]

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.

Just keep riding a bit further to the Hockley general store in Hockley village. Breakfast, lattes, and at a reasonable price.