Spice Station helps reopen the doors
Kingsville said goodbye to the Kingsville Coffee Cup as it closed its doors permanently, or so we thought. On Dec. 26, The Kingsville Coffee Cup posted a question online to the community about reopening its doors. With the new year started they continued to provide updates until on Jan. 11 when they confirmed on their socials about their new partnership with Spice Station Indian Cuisine. Kingsville Coffee Cup is now located at 313 East Kleberg Ave.
Zohair Charania, chef and owner of Spice Station Indian Cuisine, initially brought up the possibility of the Kingsville Coffee Cup making a comeback at a building that had previously been empty for a few months. Bruce Harvill, now operating manager at Kingsville Coffee Cup’s new location, was more than ready to say goodbye to his days at home and welcome a new challenge and mascot ahead of him.
“After a week at home I was bored and I think that by collaboration, now we have opened the door to new customers and new ideas and letting the community become a bigger part of what we do,” Harvill said. “I think everybody needs somebody to talk to and that’s what coffee really is.” The collaboration menu will host the original menu from the Kingsville Coffee Cup and new drinks will be added throughout the break.
In addition, there will be multiple snacks to choose from their new food menu. Although The Kingsville Coffee Cup has changed its donation-based policy and location, the heart of what started it all has not. Through their employees and owners, the environment has remained the same.
Walking through the doors the first question asked is “How are you?” “I like to try and get to know every costumer and get to know what kind of coffee they like and what kind of person they are; I just like to get to know my costumers as best as I can,” manager Cyrus Obregon said. On opening day students, families and professors alike swung by to witness the missed staple of Kingsville.
With its new location now a walk away from the University of Kingsville, Harvill expects many new and old faces to appear. “I really think that the location is going to bring more customers. Since before it used to be hidden downtown.
I think this is going to be good too for the staff and the community here in TAMUK to come and get coffee and go to school or go to work,” Student Janie Villanueva. Even though the Kingsville Coffee Cup is no longer in the center of town it does not stop the community from making the drive to see its reopening.
“It’s for sure a staple here [in Kingsville] and everyone, even incoming students should be able to experience that,” Rosa De Santos said. “I admit that it was closer when the Coffee Cup was downtown, but I think that it is better now that is closer to the students here at the University.”
