Black-owned coffee shop brings buzz to North Huntsville
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
Dark Side coffee shop owners Jarius Palmer, Devyn Keith and and Jaray Wilson, in Huntsville, Ala. (Courtesy photo)
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“Black people don’t drink coffee.”
The entrepreneurs behind Dark Side - a new coffee shop located in historically African-American North Huntsville - say they were given that (eyebrow-raising) advice 18 months or so ago, as they were getting started.
“And this is from very credible people,” says Devyn Keith, who in addition to being a Dark Side co-owner is Huntsville City Council president. “I think the problem for us was,” Keith, who is Black, continues, “we’ve proved that we liked the same things, in other parts of town.”