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Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 948
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 12:21 pm: |    |
The Paris cafe appears closed for good.
I was a fairly regular customer here, and I thought they were doing pretty good business. The coffee was good, the staff was GREAT and the breakfast sandwiches were even better.
It was a great location and the store itself was very comfortable. I am sad to see it go. |
Detroitnerd
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Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 1885
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 12:26 pm: | |
Yeah, that is sad. |
Swingline
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Username: Swingline
Post Number: 1027
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 12:26 pm: | |
Business did seem pretty steady. Anybody know the story? |
Bobj
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Username: Bobj
Post Number: 3854
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 12:32 pm: | |
I really liked that place and seemed very busy. Too bad |
Detroitstar
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Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 949
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 12:33 pm: | |
Can anyone recommend another high quality coffee shop in the Lafayette Park neighborhood? I loved waking up and taking a stroll through the park to grab coffee and a bacon/egg/cheese bagel. Perhaps somewhere in Eastern Market? |
Fishtoes2000
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Username: Fishtoes2000
Post Number: 409
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 1:57 pm: | |
Ugh, that is too bad. I enjoyed going there from time to time. That's another local coffee shop gone (the other being the Amsterdam.) |
Bobj
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Username: Bobj
Post Number: 3859
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 3:02 pm: | |
You gotta sell a lot of coffee to stay open! |
Digitalvision
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Username: Digitalvision
Post Number: 563
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 3:36 pm: | |
What a shame. They made a go of it, but they always were reamarking (as I remember) of slow sales and having other issues.
That said, I think the days of the indie coffeeshop are numbered and/or over. It's real hard to make money in that business. |
Bvos
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Username: Bvos
Post Number: 2262
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 9:47 pm: | |
Ypsilanti has a population of 22,000 (close to Lafayette Park and the near-east side neighborhoods total population) and has three excellent independent coffee houses and no chains. All three are doing very well. |
Downriviera
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Username: Downriviera
Post Number: 7
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 10:05 pm: | |
City Coffeehouse in downtown Allen Park is an indie thats been going strong for 11 years now. Just the 2 owners work there so the quality is top notch, best coffee drinks around these parts, and they make their chai from scratch. |
Detroitstar
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Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 950
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 10:20 pm: | |
Good news...their free wifi still works and with my amplifier I can still pick it up! If that goes out I'll have to go back to the unreliable personal unsecured networks around. |
Sstashmoo
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Username: Sstashmoo
Post Number: 1108
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 11:05 pm: | |
"Business did seem pretty steady. Anybody know the story?"
It costs a lot of money to be in business. Anyone with a business plan should cut their projected profit in half. |
Detmi7mile
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Username: Detmi7mile
Post Number: 31
Registered: 12-2007
| | Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 1:31 am: | |
nooooo...I love that place. Their corned beef sandwiches were delicious. When I came home from school for Christmas break, I went there regularly to use my laptop and get something to eat. I have to find a new place now. This is wack. |