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'''Lucy's Coffee and Tea''' is a coffee house and tea room located at 2007 [[University Boulevard]]. It is owned by [[Lucy Bonds]] | '''Lucy's Coffee and Tea''' is a coffee house and tea room located at 2007 [[University Boulevard]]. It is owned by [[Lucy Bonds]]. | ||
Bonds, a graduate of the [[University of Alabama]], launched her Birmingham coffee business in [[1993]] after returning to the state after working at a Seattle, Washington advertising firm. She began by selling hot drinks from a cart parked on the sidewalk on [[20th Street South]]. | |||
A couple of years later she began leasing her current location. In [[2004]] she began providing wireless internet service to customers. Later that year she opened '''Lucy's Next Door''' in the former [[Pangea Pizza]] space, and began offering soup and sandwiches as well as bagels from the [[New York Bagel Café]] on the corner. She also operated a kiosk inside [[UAB Hospital]]. | |||
Although the kiosk and Lucy's Next Door closed shop, the popular panini (served toasted on ciabatta bread from [[Edgar's Bakery]]), salads and soup remained on the menu and helped the café survive a three-year period during which the national coffee chain Starbucks was operating from the corner space which had formerly housed New York Bagel next door. Starbucks opened in [[2005]]. Lucy's regular customers took pride in walking past it to patronize a locally-owned business. In July [[2008]] Starbucks announced that its University Boulevard store was one of 600 underperforming locations that would be closed. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* Branigan, Erin (July 1, 2004) "Cool Beans Coffee House and Lucy's Coffee and Tea." ''Black & White'' | |||
* Estes, Cary (September 8, 2006) "The WiFi Highway." ''Birmingham Business Journal'' | |||
* Tomberlin, Michael (July 10, 2008) "Starbucks closing 2 Southside Birmingham locations; 2 homegrown shops nearby survive the competition." ''Birmingham News'' | * Tomberlin, Michael (July 10, 2008) "Starbucks closing 2 Southside Birmingham locations; 2 homegrown shops nearby survive the competition." ''Birmingham News'' | ||
* Blalock, Bob (July 13, 2008) "Lucy's survival over Starbucks an American success story." ''Birmingham News'' | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category:Coffee shops]] | [[Category:Coffee shops]] | ||
[[Category:Wifi hotspots]] | |||
[[Category:University Boulevard]] | [[Category:University Boulevard]] | ||
Revision as of 13:00, 13 July 2008
Lucy's Coffee and Tea is a coffee house and tea room located at 2007 University Boulevard. It is owned by Lucy Bonds.
Bonds, a graduate of the University of Alabama, launched her Birmingham coffee business in 1993 after returning to the state after working at a Seattle, Washington advertising firm. She began by selling hot drinks from a cart parked on the sidewalk on 20th Street South.
A couple of years later she began leasing her current location. In 2004 she began providing wireless internet service to customers. Later that year she opened Lucy's Next Door in the former Pangea Pizza space, and began offering soup and sandwiches as well as bagels from the New York Bagel Café on the corner. She also operated a kiosk inside UAB Hospital.
Although the kiosk and Lucy's Next Door closed shop, the popular panini (served toasted on ciabatta bread from Edgar's Bakery), salads and soup remained on the menu and helped the café survive a three-year period during which the national coffee chain Starbucks was operating from the corner space which had formerly housed New York Bagel next door. Starbucks opened in 2005. Lucy's regular customers took pride in walking past it to patronize a locally-owned business. In July 2008 Starbucks announced that its University Boulevard store was one of 600 underperforming locations that would be closed.
References
- Branigan, Erin (July 1, 2004) "Cool Beans Coffee House and Lucy's Coffee and Tea." Black & White
- Estes, Cary (September 8, 2006) "The WiFi Highway." Birmingham Business Journal
- Tomberlin, Michael (July 10, 2008) "Starbucks closing 2 Southside Birmingham locations; 2 homegrown shops nearby survive the competition." Birmingham News
- Blalock, Bob (July 13, 2008) "Lucy's survival over Starbucks an American success story." Birmingham News
External links
- Lucy's Coffee and Tea on MySpace.com