Mj64 Member Username: Mj64
Post Number: 67 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 68.40.177.3
| Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 6:45 pm: | |
I only get to Detroit a couple of times a month, and I usually make a point of stopping at the Brown Bean before my trip back. I went looking for it after today's Tigers' game, and it's a sport souvenir shop now! Anyone know what happened to it (other than the obvious -- that it closed)? |
Naturalsister Member Username: Naturalsister
Post Number: 591 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.255.236.166
| Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 7:04 pm: | |
Wow, I hadn't heard that it was no longer there. later - naturalsister (Message edited by naturalsister on April 10, 2006) |
Adamjab19 Member Username: Adamjab19
Post Number: 648 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 24.192.148.148
| Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 7:09 pm: | |
There was a thread about it about a month ago. I would say it closed just around the Super Bowl. |
Jsmyers Member Username: Jsmyers
Post Number: 1558 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 209.131.7.68
| Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 8:03 pm: | |
It was open during the game. Probably shortly after. I honestly didn't know it existed until I walked by during the game. The one thing I've learned from watching some Detroit businesses either thrive (Vicente's or Slows for example) or falter (maybe this one) is that getting the word out is just as important as having the products/services to back it up. |
Broken_main Member Username: Broken_main
Post Number: 1032 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.222.11.226
| Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 8:59 pm: | |
whats the Brown Bean??? |
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026
Post Number: 684 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 24.231.189.137
| Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 9:07 pm: | |
coffee shop...also a "cyber cafe", right?? |
Broken_main Member Username: Broken_main
Post Number: 1037 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.222.11.226
| Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 9:16 pm: | |
I thought that was beans and bytes' |
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026
Post Number: 687 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 24.231.189.137
| Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 9:19 pm: | |
ohh...your right... It is still a coffee shop though,not the cyber cafe then... was in one of the storefronts on the Central Methodist Church in GCP.. heres the website: http://castleofhopeforlostsoul s.org/detroitadvertising/brown bean.html |
Chris_rohn Member Username: Chris_rohn
Post Number: 218 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 68.248.43.204
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:38 am: | |
Whenever I walked in there (if they were open yet) at 8:30 in the morning they still had yet to brew the first pot of coffee. I'll fondly remember the time they sold me a watery espresso, saying it was 'like coffee'. I had never had watered down espresso before, but the logic seemed reasonable for some reason. Maybe its because I wasn't awake yet. Yuck. The Rowland Cafe gets my vote for best coffee in town. I always pass up The Blend when I have the time to walk over to the Guardian Building. I still miss Cafe De Troit. |
Dougw Member Username: Dougw
Post Number: 1077 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 136.2.1.103
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 11:45 am: | |
A pic of the Brown Bean Cafe on Superbowl Saturday... I think they closed shortly afterward. |
Psewick Member Username: Psewick
Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 70.235.110.46
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:10 pm: | |
They were around for awhile. I learned that they existed in August of 2004 when a colum about them ran in the Detroit News. I went there about every weekend in the months before they closed, since I cancelled Comcast internet at my house. They were already closed by the weekend after the Superbowl. There were problems with the location. They might possibly open somewhere else in the city. |
Motorkitty Member Username: Motorkitty
Post Number: 3 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 69.136.148.56
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:16 pm: | |
i hope Brown Bean opens somewhere else. Both coffee shops near me are now closed. i loved Cafe de Troit too. |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 7162 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.22
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:24 pm: | |
I hope they re-open and do well. The owner was a super nice woman and a great asset to the city. |
Mj64 Member Username: Mj64
Post Number: 70 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 141.211.48.211
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 4:08 pm: | |
The owner was one reason I used to go in there. She was one of the nicest people I'd met in the city. Another reason I used to stop by whenever I was in town was probably a reason it didn't do well -- I could always easily grab a parking spot out front, and there never seemed to be more than one other person in there (I was usually there around midday). Not a lot of foot traffic around there unless there's a game going on at one of the stadiums. I hope she opens a shop somewhere else. So, yesterday I ended up walking to Starbucks at the Buhl Building. I'd rather give my coffee money to a local shop -- who makes good coffee downtown. I'm usually in the financial district area or up by Comerica Park. I've never been inside The Blend, but pass it a lot. Any good? |
Valkyrias Member Username: Valkyrias
Post Number: 233 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 66.238.129.197
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 4:28 pm: | |
mj64...if you are in the area of the buhl building, you might as well step into the guardian building and go to rowland cafe, it's really good...check out chris_rohn's comment above... |
Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000
Post Number: 93 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.14.26.135
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 5:57 pm: | |
I'll second and third those comments about the owner. That's why it was a popular stop on my bike route -- and they tended to play good much too. |