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Article: Coffee house market perks up.
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- Crain's Cleveland Business
- Article date:
- August 17, 1992
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Arabica faces a growing field of competitors
Coffee houses, replete with art, guitar players and poetry recitals, finally have hit it big in Cleveland.
Arabica Coffee & Tea, the originator of the modern coffee house concept in Cleveland 16 years ago, not only is expanding, but it's also beginning to see a quite a few competitors. Among the recent entries are Brews Brothers Cafe, Brewed Awakenings and Old River Trading Co.
Guitar playing and poetry recitals ala beatnik days are part of the concept of the Brews Brothers Cafe in Woodmere. Michael Davis, one of three partners who opened the Chagrin Boulevard coffee house last month, said a trip to the West ...