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The Importance of Connection and the Right Coffee Shop

Liz Fulks • November 15, 2023

Growing up, there was a hit TV show called Cheers. There is a line in the opening theme song that says, “ Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came.” While the TV show itself was a dramady about the connections between patrons and a bartender and his staff, that line always hit me growing up.  There is this rush of happiness when you walk into a place and are greeted by name.

Time and time again, I have seen people stand a little taller, and a smile that touches their lips even before that rush of caffeine. While my family and I are not bartenders (technically, one of us is certified to be a bartender, I’ll let you guess which family member it is.) we are baristas, bakers, customer service. We are here to bring you a little joy in your life even when the slightest thing has gotten you down.

Time and time again, I have seen people stand a little taller, and a smile that touches their lips even before that rush of caffeine. While my family and I are not bartenders (technically, one of us is certified to be a bartender, I’ll let you guess which family member it is.) we are baristas, bakers, customer service. We are here to bring you a little joy in your life even when the slightest thing has gotten you down.

I have been written thank you letters from other states, kind comments and positive reviews here in Las Vegas, but most of all we have established friendships with many of our regulars. Now, it isn’t just a rush of happiness for them anymore, but that smile, that joy, comes to us. There is something about connection, where even if differences exist in thoughts, ideas, you still come together and just listen. I have Baby Boomers all the way to Gen Alpha coming in and having conversations with eachother. They hear stories of what it used to be like growing up, to how the slang has changed over the years and what is truly still very much the same.

I have had reviews that my shop reminds them of Cheers. That was one of the best compliments I could received. I have laughed with my patrons, I have cried with my patrons, I have been shocked with my patrons, but overall that connection is worth more than anything in a world where people stare at their phones and barely look up to say hi.

So when you are feeling a little down, head to your local coffee shop and take a seat. You never know what friendships and connections you’ll make. I know that my life has changed for the better, and I’m pretty sure yours would too.

Meet the Convo Coffee Family

By Liz Fulks • June 11, 2023
Owning a coffee shop that is run by a family is truly an amazing thing. Convo Coffee started on February 14th, 2022 and we haven’t looked back. It all started when I was a child and would wake up in the mornings to see my parents sitting and having coffee together. It always brought me peace to walk into the kitchen, smell Folgers coffee coming from their coffee pot and see them talk about a wide range of different things. My grandma would often make me a little coffee with a whole lot of cream and sugar so I could have coffee with her and do the same thing. Fast forward, and my parents, 55 years later, still do the same thing. They get up, have coffee in the morning. However, there is a little twist. Now, they have coffee in the morning and then come to the coffee shop and bake the absolutely yummy pastries that we have available.

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