The Coffee House Diaries 8.21.2011

With a wedding, a festival in the town square, an angel investor and some gifts, these last couple of weeks have the makings of a fairy tale! Ben & Molly, both members of our Meeting Place family, were married! Molly came to work for us when we opened in 2003, and worked for us until…

The Coffee House Diaries 7.12.11

“A cup of coffee with a friend is happiness tasted and time well spent!” That pretty much sums up the point of The Meeting Place on Market. We named it The Meeting Place because we want people to meet there – to have fun – talk – laugh and build community. We’ve had a lot…

The Coffee House Diaries

June 21, 2011 This is our first ever diary entry from The Meeting Place on Market. I thought it might be interesting to share what goes on in a gourmet coffee house in downtown Lima, Ohio. The last couple of weeks have been busy and interesting.  We threw a baby shower for one of the staff…

6 Things We Learned at Coffee Fest 2011

We had a great time in Chicago during Coffee Fest 2011. Not only did we get to meet some great people in the coffee business, we were buzzed after walking through just one aisle in the trade show. What we learned: Coffee prices will continue to go up. Ouch. So many factors play into this,…

Looking Back to the Fun We Had in 2010

On the last date of the New Year, we love to look back and remember all the new people we met, the friends we connected with, and the fun we had! Take a break and step through some of our fun at The Meeting Place on Market over the last year. The Anthony Family Band…

The Meeting Place Gets an Extreme Makeover!

One evening in March, the employees of The Meeting Place on Market were chatting. They had some ideas to make the coffee shop better. They wanted to give it an Extreme Makeover. The employees starting moving around the furniture. You see, they knew that owner #1 and owner #2 were out of state for the…

Meet Ashley

In a second installment of our series highlighting our five year or more veteran employees, we’d like to introduce Ashley Stump, who, like Elaine, has been here since the beginning.  Ashley had previously worked with Mtg. Place manager Kevin Brogee at Allan Nott, and when he offered her a position at his new business, she…

Spotlight On Elaine!

We’ll be running a series for the next couple of weeks highlighting those employees who have been with The Meeting Place for five years or more.  Our first victimcelebrity is Elaine McCormack! Elaine has been with us right from the start.  She had worked with Greg and Ruth Ann in different business ventures previously, and…