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December 8, 2005
Bullshit: Round Three
I have been trying to be cheery (really....truly...honestly) but this...this....this just makes me want to cry!!!!
Hello friends and neighbors...Please note, the Thurman Cafe is named after a street and bears no relation to me.It is with a heavy and disappointed heart that I inform you all of the immediate closing of Thurman Cafe. We will cease to operate as of close of business this evening. We have truly tried everything that we can think of....and are frankly out of time, ideas and quite honestly money. With each passing day the meager and increasingly declining sales figures have launched us further and further into debt...all of this with the "slow season" just around the corner.
The intent behind our every action was to create a community cafe that would "pull together" and continue to grow the Shaw neighborhood, much like our mission and experience at Hartford. Unfortunately that dream was unable to be realized. Our love and expertise is in the community cafe/coffeeshop industry, and it was apparent immediately that the neighborhood was in search of something else.
To those who have supported us from day one, I say thank you for your investment, time and consideration. I cannot express to you how truly sorry and sad I am to have to send this e-mail...as an independent business partner, community developer, hopeless non-profit do-gooder and as a resident of the Shaw neighborhood.
Thank you for your time and have a happy and safe holiday season.
Respectfully,
James Fox
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James Fox
Hartford Community Cafe & Coffee Roasters
james@hartfordcoffeecompany.com
What is relative is this:
Where the FUCK am I supposed to eat?
Where the FUCK am I supposed to get my coffee?
Where the FUCK am I supposed to access the internet for free?
It's all about me, up here at robthurman.com but tonight...tonight my heart goes out to my neighbors who gave me some happy months, some great food, some awesome coffee and my 'hood some hope.
They'll be missed.
"apparent immediately that the neighborhood was in search of something else" <== Rob, what was the neighborhood in search of?? and why didn't they change a little more in that direction and stay in business?? except that you might starve, what am I missing????
Jim, I honestly don't know.
They always seemed busy to me....
I guess it's just fair to say "I dunno their life."
And they'd just remodeled the week before.
Rob, Too bad about your cafe but I do know of a certain cool pub where you can get free internet access and all the diet Coke you care to drink. xox Neil
let us know if we need to send food, coffee :)
the obvious question, was Thurman Street named for a relative???