Uncovering The Bean
If you work for SNL Financial, you probably don’t need us to tell you about The Bean, the small coffee shop tucked in the corner of the company’s building at the end of Market Street. It’s been a private coffee shop of sorts for SNL employees and folks in nearby office buildings. But this is for the rest of you Downtown coffee fools.
In January, 20-year old Tamra Fisher quietly took over the coffee shop from the previous owner, and she’s been serving up Shenandoah Joe’s coffee, sandwiches, bagels, fresh fruit, and mini pizzas ever since.
“My Dad saw in the paper that it was for sale,” she says. “And so we just jumped right in.”
So far, Fisher says things have been going well. “Haven’t had any complaints yet,” she laughs. Of course, she admits that most of her business comes from SNL, but says that folks from the nearby area have begun to drift over, including a few coffee-loving cops from the station across the street.
Fisher, too, loves a good cup of coffee.
“At first, I was afraid of being around all this coffee,” she says, “but I’m containing myself.”
