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war Hulk) CHRONICLE 'Wrdnesday June i7 1009 - l7 ~ 2 ~ -~~2~~-â€"-~~‘~â€"â€"kâ€"‘~~ Caffeine fix New uptown Waterloo coffee shop puts a hip spin on the cozy cafe By Mauro» DALTON (.‘lirwnt‘le tin/7’ The Vision for their sleek and cozy coffee ‘ shop is for it to be engmined in the com- munity 7 more than just a place where peo» ‘ ple shuffle through a line for their caffeine fut ' ' it: at? "We want to be the hang out place in '_ Waterloo," Bryce Bramhill said. perched on a . ;Â¥~ leather armchair in front of (Zoffee Cultures . n inviting fireplace. '1, . “We want to be the place to be, The pen» "if . ‘ Jags“; PIC of Waterloo have been excellent, but we “. § f V“ ' have a long way to go. We are only three ‘_ , ’ ’ i 7 ; ; weeks old. We're just getting our feet wet." i» if .1 &% , By now, the Bramhills new uptown coffee 9‘. a shop will be just over a month old. And t}- 4"; already. they’re well on their way to realizing ' ~» their vision _ ' The young entrepreneurs behind Coffee } . ' ‘7: Culture ~Bryce, 26, and his wife, Janelle, 28 ‘ a '. ‘ - k : â€"always knew they wanted to have a busi- “a" ‘ , , ._ 9‘ .‘ ness to call their own. ' - ‘ " ' , 7, '. , 1' , "We‘d been married for six months and it 3 " ,_. , f/ was something we both wanted to do." e. - i 3",. ' - Bryce said of their leap into the Coffee Cul- 3-9 > " . ‘ ‘ a ture world. ‘ M 2' . 3’ . '. t, , d... gt: .. "We‘d been throwing ideas around and .. Jugs; "tr," , i (92-: ' s§§~ then we actually walked into one. We loved 3")“ Kr" .. Au. "'7‘ 3 12’ the Concept. started looking into it and here ‘3 a“ 3;; .3 7 . ' I we are. ‘iti?"- ‘ r .3 f ”‘ A ‘ ‘ , The shop is a franchise â€" pan of a suc- \_ ‘14:" "in . cessful chain of litiropeanvstyled coffee ' ‘ 4‘ houses that launched in Woodstock in 2006. ‘3 The business has expanded exponential- & ha ly since that time. opening up polished and £313 ' M inviting coffeehouses in small to midsized I" ‘7 h? "7 towns and cities across southern Ontario. A é While they met in Waterloo. the home- “ ‘ towns of both Bramhills are close to Listow- . el. That’s where they first saw a Coffee Cul- ture shop, Bryce and Janelle Bramhill are the owners of Coffee Culture, 3 new cafe in uptown Waterloo. mum amen now "It's just a real nice, relaxed atmosphere,” Bryce said. "As far as hospitality goes. it was a new Both lanelle and Bryce recognized that very inviting To us, that was important â€" to “It’s not your Timmy's where it's about venture for both of us," said Bryce. location would be their key to sum They have the best location and we're very happy getting the next person through the line. it's The couple got help from the Waterloo both loved uptown Waterloo and felt it with how it turned out.” more relaxed.” Region Small Business Centre. who guided would be the best place to give their new in addition to a wide variety of coffee â€" They had considered one other food- . them through a loan and mentorship appli- business ashot. including Bryce’s favourite. the Kenyan based business. but found the coffee shop cation with the Canadian Youth Business They found a perfect location in what blend. a Swiss filtered decaf and a fair trade seemed a good fit for their ambitions and Rmndation. was the old lacks Fashions' store at the cor- optionâ€" Coffee Culture offers a full menu lifestyle. 'We really appreciated that help,” Bryce nor of Klngand Dupont streets ranging from European-style grilled sand- Janelle, who still works full-time as a said. "Even in this economy, they're still “We're really, really happy with our loca- wichato cakesandbreakfast bagels financial analyst. studied business in univer- there doing whatever they can to help It has tion," Bryce said. “i think that is really one of They also do catering and want to build sity Bryce earned his business chops work- been a bad year. To have them support us the biggest issues for food-based business their client list on that side of the ing in agriculture equipment sales in Listow- and do what they've done has been excel- “It’s a high traffic-area. so theysoe the'IV. business el. lent." they see the fireplace. The big windows are Continuation” l8 0 [I - . ' "I, In] ured. . . . we get paid when o I I k H I you get pat . up” ,, ' I morel e y Personal Injury Law We fund ALL itiation ex-enses. morellkelly.com 519.743.4443 ~