STREET BEAN ESPRESSO

Thursday afternoon we had the privilege of meeting with Mary Steele the Executive Director of New Horizons, a nonprofit organization that helps the children living on the streets of Seattle. In 2009, Street Bean Espresso a subsidiary of New Horizons was opened as a nonprofit coffee shop. Street Bean Espresso located at 2702 3rd Ave., Seattle, WA is a very different coffee shop, not only is there a beautiful industrial aesthetic to the interior design with the use of raw wood at the barista counter, polished concrete floors and modern art that lines the walls, this coffee shop provides an opportunity for the homeless children in Seattle to acquire job training and employment so that they may exit the street life. The industrial design of the coffee shop matches the state that most of these kids are in upon entering Street Bean Espresso, raw and unrefined, ready to be molded.