Caribou Coffee is 15 years old today! I crawled out before dawn and ventured out into the zero-degree weather and made my way over to the very first Caribou at 44th & France Avenue for my morning fix. Carmen (on the left) is a barista at my regular Caribou where I write most of the time. She told me yesterday about the event and I had to check it out. They were giving away free Timberwolves tickets to the first 100 customers. There will be events there all day; the mayor will be there, balloons for the kids, and from 2:00 - 4:00 you can get 15% off all drinks, just mention that it’s their anniversary.
I got there in time to take a picture of the whole gang with the banner before the morning rush. I got my tickets and then…
Coffee + fireplace + bright cheerful coffee shop = winter survival
That’s pretty cool Mitch! That’s a fun thing to celebrate. Congrats on your tickets too! There’s something about early winter mornings and a cup of coffee that just make the everything feel just the way it should be. Stay warm!
Well, happy birthday to The ‘Bou! Shoot, I missed this event. But I am sure to stoip there tonight at my neighborhood ‘Bou for 2 coffees to go AND a candy cane muffin.
Mitch - looks like you are an old and welcome customer there. The place looks like a good antidote to Minnesota winters. My professional life doesn’t leave me much time for hanging out in coffee shops or much of anything else.
Excellent job on these pictures. I’m impressed by the perfect white balance. Did you have to work with a combination of tungsten and fluorescent lights? Looks like you just used available light.
the quote ‘life is short. stay awake for it’ really makes me smile
happy birthday!
I really miss caribou coffee. I worked at Caribou coffee’s Milwaukee counterpart called Stone Creek Coffee while I was in graduate school. It began what will no doubt be a life long love affair with coffee. Hope you enjoyed their anniversary.
Dustin
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