Last week I blogged about a sign I saw on O Street for a new coffee shop named Kinetic Brew. Seems that on Friday’s they’re doing a "name your own price" sale. After Fluxus left some comments encouraging me to stop by (especially today) I gathered up my coffee cohorts and headed down the street.
We chatted withe Jeremy the owner a little bit and he said that this was just the third week he’d tried it and so far it had been going quite well. Most people, he said, were confused by the concept and insisted on paying the list price for their drinks. I’ll admit that the three of us all paid below list price but as a result he’s definitely earned three new customers.
Since today is also Halloween, he was in costume. And what a costume it was! This thing was totally tricked out with both lights and sound. I think next time I’ll bring more cash and pay double for my drink just because of the costume.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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One Reply to “Kinetic Brew”
Awesome! They’ll deliver to us if we have 4 or more drinks, too:
Awesome! They’ll deliver to us if we have 4 or more drinks, too:
http://www.kineticbrew.com/
I love those guys: a local business, with locally roasted Fair Trade organic coffee. You can’t beat that.