I sat down with Andy, one of the three owners, to get the scoop on how Sidecar Coffee came to be. "A happy accident," was Andy's reply when I asked how he and business partners, Brent and Jed, decided to open a coffee shop. Jed had been experimenting with roasting his own coffee in a property owned by Brent, and Andy had been working for Brent in other areas of his business. That is until one day, Andy got a call from Brent asking if he liked drinking coffee. It all started rolling from there and here we are, a few years later with not one, but two Sidecar locations.
In our interview, Andy explained it wasn't easy starting a business from the ground up. They did not move into an existing location like many businesses do, but instead built the space they are in on some empty property between their neighboring businesses. After opening they encountered more struggles, just like all businesses do. Andy, who is in charge of running and managing the stores, told me that between Jed's knowledge of the roasting process, and Brent's business savvy and optimistic attitude, they've worked through the struggles to create a successful coffee business.
