05:20 AM EST Share Kevin D’Amico says he wants to grow the shop’s brand and expand into additional locations in and near Downtown.
Buying a coffee shop in the middle of a pandemic sounds like a challenge, but Urban Grind Coffee Co. owner Kevin D’Amico had a plan.
D’Amico purchased the Downtown coffee shop Oct. 1. It had been closed since March 27 at the start of the pandemic.
Going in, he knew the shop wouldn’t be performing as usual. Many Downtown workers still are working remotely, and until they start coming back that won’t change.
“We have to just be smart, hunker down, run it the right way,” D’Amico said. “But you know, I figure at some point between now and the spring, this is all going to be over. People are going to come back to work and we’ll be up and running it full blast.”