Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse plans to serve a full dinner menu next month at its new Station North location.
The store opened Nov. 20 at its new location at 30 W. North Ave., where it roasts its own coffee beans from
Thread Coffee on site. It initially offered baked goods and expanded its cafe menu Dec. 5 to include sandwiches, soups and salads. The nine-year-old radical bookstore and coffeehouse announced its move from Mount Vernon late last year.
Previously occupied by Cyclops Books, the new space is 4,600 square feet, nearly six times the size of its 800-square-foot spot on Saint Paul Street.
“In the old space, one of the problems that we had was that all the space we had was what you saw,” Khatib says.
Now the coffeehouse has designated space for storage, a kitchen, an office and bathrooms.
The vegetarian menu will be expanded to include kale, potato wedges and vegan mac and cheese. It will continue to serve soups and sandwiches during the day.
Red Emma’s is a co-op and will add more collective-owners to its staff. While the business does not hire new workers, it does bring people into the project as worker-owners, people who are interested in investing in the project long-term.
“The members that we have right now are not enough to fill all of the shifts that we’re going to need so we will be looking to add new folks to the co-op,” Khatib says.
Writer: Daryl Hale
Source: Kate Khatib, Red Emma's