"Our founder, Carl Jones has been in the coffee and tea business
for over 30 years and is considered by many to be Cleveland's
Coffee Guru. Carl founded Phoenix Coffee roastery in 1990, on
Coventry Rd. in Cleveland Heights - the exact same street address
where he opened the first Arabica Coffee and Tea in 1976. In 1991,
Carl and his son Shane Jones opened the first Phoenix Café at 15108
Detroit Road. This café eventually became the Root Café which is
now located at 15118 Detroit and is now owned by our good friends
Julie Hutchison and Bobby Breitenstein.
Fast forward to 2010, several building fires, staff changes, and
U.S. presidents later, and Coventry Rd. is once again home to
Phoenix Coffee as our Coventry Rd. cafe while our roastery is now
on St. Clair Avenue in downtown Cleveland. From our small
beginnings we've grown to five cafes, a commercial roastery, mail
order business, and wholesale accounts, but we remain committed to
providing Clevelanders with the best coffee, tea and café
experiences around."
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