Freshjunkie, the downtown salad shop with locations at 303 North Blvd. and in the Main Street Market, plans to fill the void that will be created when CC’s Coffee House closes its North Boulevard location on Friday.
Freshjunkie owner Pat Fellows says his North Boulevard shop, which is adjacent to the closing CC’s, will begin serving coffee and a few breakfast items next Monday. The store will also adjust its hours of operation to accommodate the early morning crowd, opening at 7 a.m. on weekdays instead of at 10 a.m.
“It was a good opportunity for us,” Fellows says. “I got wind of CC’s closing about two weeks ago and started putting the wheels in motion.”
So far, Fellows has invested a few thousand dollars in coffee equipment and has inked a deal with French Truck Coffee, an artisanal coffee roaster in New Orleans that will supply fresh roasted beans to the local shop every two or three days.
Initially, Freshjunkie will only serve drip coffee. But Fellows plans to invest in an espresso machine in the coming months.
“We’ll do great coffee, good espresso and cappuccinos, but we are not going overboard with the flavorings,” he says. “I’m not going to have 50 different flavor pumps.”
Fellows says he’s still figuring out what breakfast items he will serve, but smoothies will likely be on the menu.
Coffee isn’t the only area into which Freshjunkie is expanding. Fellows is also preparing to launch a new salad subscription service in late January. Customers will be able to prepay on a monthly basis, and order salads online for delivery.
—Stephanie Riegel
