‘Welcome home’ to Cxffeeblack’s new, larger location
“Sure, we won global awards and national awards but winning in Memphis, that’s the hardest win,” said Cxffeeblack’s founder and co-owner Bartholomew Jones. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
On Bowen Avenue near National Street, a new scent hangs in the air. Not just roasted coffee beans, but an invitation.
Cxffeeblack’s new flagship cafe has opened its doors in a newly restored building in Mitchell Heights, just steps away from the building that once housed the brand’s Anti Gentrification Coffee Club. The move is both an opening and a declaration; more than four years in the making, anchored by a belief that coffee — especially Black coffee — can call a community back to itself.
For people who live and work here, the shop isn’t simply a place to grab a coffee.
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Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
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