GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD MORNING. LET ME TAKE A SIP. YEAH, THERE WE GO. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE’RE AT COFFEE. MAKES YOU BLACK. I’M HERE WITH ONE OF THE OWNERS, GIRARDI. HOW ARE WE DOING THIS MORNING? HOW ARE WE DOING? GOOD. ARE WE DOING GOOD RIGHT NOW? FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE NAME. COFFEE MAKES YOU BLACK. WHAT DOES THAT COME FROM? SO COFFEE MAKES YOU BLACK IS AN OLD SAYING THAT PREDATES MYSELF AND GOES TO LIKE THE JIM CROW ERA WHERE IT USED TO ALLUDE TO THE FACT THAT OGS WOULD TELL THEIR KIDS, IF YOU DRINK COFFEE, THEN IT’LL MAKE YOU BLACKER OR MORE DARKER SKIN. AND IT HAD THE NEGATIVE CONNOTATION THEN. SO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO HERE IS WE LIKE TO KIND OF SPIN THAT ON ITS HEAD. WE LIKE TO SAY COFFEE MAKES YOU BLACK AS MORE OF A INVITE TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE CULTURE, TO REALLY KIND OF GET THAT CONVERSATION GOING AROUND JUST BEING ONE WITH EACH OTHER, ONE WITH THE COMMUNITY. I NEVER KNEW THAT. WHEN YOU TOLD ME THAT BEFORE, I WAS LIKE, REALLY? IT MAKES ME WANT TO GO ASK MY GRANDMA. WHAT’S THAT ALL ABOUT? BECAUSE YOU’LL DEFINITELY KNOW. SO THAT’S CRAZY. AND THEN YOU DON’T ONLY JUST HAVE COFFEE HERE. YOU GOT A KITCHEN AND EVERYTHING. I HEARD THE SALMON CROQUETTES, SIR. YES, SIR. YEAH, I HEARD. I HEARD ABOUT THEM. SO? SO WHAT DOES THE MENU LOOK LIKE HERE? SO WE ARE A BREAKFAST AND BRUNCH RESTAURANT. WE ALSO DO CATERING AS WELL. BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER. BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. CHICKEN AND WAFFLES, SALMON CROQUETTES, PANCAKES, CHICKEN FILLETS AND WING BASKETS. CATFISH IS ONE OF OUR ONE OF OUR BEST SELLERS. SO WE’RE NOT ONLY HUNGRY. YOU’RE MAKING ME HUNGRY, MAN. NOT ONLY A CAFE, BUT A FULL FLEDGED RESTAURANT DURING THE DAY. ALL RIGHT? AND THEN, LIKE, THE DECOR OF THIS PLACE, LIKE IT’S A COMMUNITY HUB. AND SO LOOKING AROUND HERE, I SEE YOU HAVE SOME HISTORIC THINGS OUT HERE, AND THEN THIS USED TO BE A BANK, TOO, RIGHT? OH, THIS BUILDING SERVED MANY LIVES FROM. FROM BEING A BANK TO BEING THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO BEING A COMMUNITY HUB FOR RESOURCES. AND NOW WHAT WE LIKE TO DO HERE IS MAKE IT A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THEM TOGETHER FOR BRINGING THE RESOURCES, BRINGING THE COMMUNITY, BRINGING THE FOOD. SO NOW IT’S A ONE STOP SHOP FOR ANYTHING. SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY MIGHT NEED. AND WHAT ARE YOUR HOURS NOW? SO CURRENTLY WE ARE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 730 TO 2 AND WE’RE LOOKING TO EXPAND TO WE DO A LOT OF A LOT OF CATERING AS WELL. SO JUST JUST ALWAYS ON THE MOVE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, A COUPLE OF JOE’S FOR THE BROS. WE’RE ABOUT TO SEE HERE AND CHOP IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE. RIGHT. BACK TO YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO. SO COFFEE MAKES YOU BLACK. THERE YOU GO. YEAH, WE NEED AN EXTRA CUP O