Since 1998

Co-owners Brian King and Rob Weislocher met while attending Missouri State University and had a mutual friend teaching English in Korea. When they decided to visit their friend, they noticed that it was hard to find a street without a coffeehouse.“We just got used to going every day, several times a day, to a coffee place,” King said.  “We came back to Springfield, and there was just nowhere to go get coffee.”After visiting numerous international and domestic coffeehouses, the owners wanted to create an inviting atmosphere where anyone can feel comfortable. When they returned to Springfield, they began looking around for locations in the downtown area. King and Weislocher eventually came across a building being renovated inside that could potentially fit the needs of a coffeehouse.“The owner [of the building] just happened to be inside. We came inside and chatted with him,” King recalled. “We kind of went from there.”