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Pivot Coffee and Soupery recently opened on South 11th Street as the latest concept by married restaurateurs Chris Fetfatzes and Heather Annechiarico. Photo by Eddy Marenco
The year 2020 proved to be a rough time for small business owners, but Chris Fetfatzes and Heather Annechiarico have found a way to keep pressing forward.
The husband and wife team of restaurant owners recently opened up their new venture Pivot Coffee and Soupery at 738 S. 11th St. The new establishment is the sixth owned by the married couple and set up shop next-door to their restaurant Hawthornes. Fetfatzes and Annechiarico also own South Street establishments Wine Dive, Tio Flores and The Cambridge as well as Quick Sip on Fitzwater Street.
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After Blade Haddock and James Moore spent a full year planning, menu testing, arranging financing and hiring staff, it took only 32 days to undo all of it.
Barely a month after opening Full Belly Cafe + Bar last February, the duo had to shut down their newest project because of the pandemic. Unlike other restaurants, this brand-new business didn’t yet have regulars or much of a following, so moving to takeout-only wasn’t much of an option. “We decided to do what was safest for our employees, parents and our guests,” Haddock says. “And it was better to not open and close.”