North Side shop owner struggles to build customer base in her neighborhood.

Byline: Bill Toland

Oct. 7--A black man walks into a coffee shop. He asks the barista how much a hot chocolate will cost. When she answers, he shakes his head, mutters about the exorbitance of it all, and walks out.

"I'm so glad you were sitting here to see that," said Terra Jones, owner of Amani International Coffeehouse & Cafe, open 10 months now in the North Side's re-branded Deutschtown neighborhood. "A friend of mine says that I'm way too expensive. But you don't go to Wendy's and say Wendy's is too expensive, after you've left there and spent $6.79 on a meal. ... You take East Ohio Street, and boy, you can't keep people out of those bars."

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