Four new coffee places coming to Lexington including pour-overs and The Slayer
Lexington loves good coffee and soon there will be more choices than ever.
Four new coffee shops are slated to open — one already has.
They are all different: They all have baked goods, some have art, one has beer.
There’s straightforward brew or custom pour-over coffee. And then there’s The Slayer.
Check out what’s open and what’s coming next month.
Brewed
124 Malabu Dr., facebook.com/BrewedCo/. This new pour-over coffee shop just off Nicholasville Road opened June 15. The name, according to co-owner Andrew Cooperrider, also is a play on their beer service, with beers you select from the fridge yourself.
The coffee is hand-ground to order from a selection of eight varieties of beans, roasted locally. Then they add your sweetener and creamer choices for you.
The pour over method involves pouring hot water through coffee grounds in a filter and gives the highest flavor and caffeine yield, according to Cooperrider.
It’s an intense coffee experience, Cooperrider said. He and his wife, Kara, don’t do any other kind of coffee.
“We call it the best cup of coffee you’ll ever make, except you don’t have to make it,” he said. “We don’t serve espresso, don’t serve lattes or cappuccinos. All we do is a really great cup of coffee.”
They also have iced coffee and CBD coffee as well.
The menu also includes goodies from Bourbon Bakery in the morning, salads and sandwiches for lunch, and brats and beer cheese in the evenings.
It’s open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, which gives lots of time to enjoy the extensive patio area as well as indoor seating.
Leestown Coffee House
1416 Leestown Rd., facebook.com/leestowncoffeehouse/. Leestown Coffee House, a full-service coffee shop, will have a drive-through right off the main road, said owner Thomas Ward. He’s hoping to open late July-early August and plans to offer baked goods from local suppliers.
“This side of town needs some more development ... there are so many people in Masterson Station,” Ward said. He plans to have patio seating and, once pandemic restrictions allow it, some seats on the inside. He said they expect to be very competitively priced.
Hours will be 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Genesis Coffee House & Eatery
1403 North Forbes Rd. Suite 130, Facebook.com/genesiscoffeehouse/. Tabet Wilson plans to open this new coffee shop July 18 in the Meadowthorpe area serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner sandwiches, pastries and sweets, soups and, of course, coffee and specialty drinks.
Wilson said she’s also asking for local artists, photographers and authors “to connect with us .... They’ll have opportunities to post photos for purchase, and books by locals as well.”
She said they also want to be a hub for information for the community.
Hours will be Monday through Thursday 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Closed on Sunday.
Brevede Coffee
1170 Manchester St., facebook.com/brevedecoffee/. Brevede Coffee Co. will be a high-end coffee shop, bakery and kids’ art studio opening in July in the Distillery District, facing toward the Pepper Campus. Owners Viorika and Nik Kopets say the Slayer Espresso machine they have will give them an edge in producing specialty coffees of all kinds, from espresso to cold brew and nitro.
“It’s a top of the line machine from Seattle ... it’s a beast,” said Viorika Kopets. She described their place as “third-wave coffee,” following home brew and Starbucks. “We’re focused on the quality of each cup, of the bean, and that’s where we are at.” Their beans will be from Coava in Oregon and Honest in Nashville, she said, and they plan to begin roasting their own as well.
The shop also will serve European-style desserts (Viorika is originally from Moldova and her husband from Belarus) as well as specialty teas and a breakfast and lunch menu including Belgian waffles, French toast, sandwiches and salads and, eventually, crepes.
Brevede also will offer Tinker Time and Co., arts workshops for kids ages five and up ranging from baking to arts and crafts, crochet and more, with adult classes to come.
And Brevede also has a mobile coffee bar that can be booked for catered events such as weddings, with a smaller Slayer machine that can still produce a full-service menu; packages start at $600, she said.
Kopets said they plan to be open 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
This story was originally published June 18, 2020 at 10:38 AM.
