Refuge Coffee Co. Clarkston
Coffee shop · Clarkston ·
Purpose-driven coffee shop supporting refugees w/ job training
Purpose-driven coffee shop supporting refugees w/ job training
"Refuge Coffee, located just east of the perimeter in the small city of Clarkston, is community-minded and purpose-driven. While great coffee drinks are always on the menu here, this coffee shop’s mission is to provide a safe space for the city’s large refugee community, along with jobs and job training. Coffee is served from one of the shop’s trucks parked outside a 1960s service station. Owners Kitti and Bill Murray hope to outfit the space with a kitchen soon. Seating can be found inside and outside on the covered patio. Refuge also has a location in Midtown and a location in Norcross." - Beth McKibben, Sarra Sedghi
"A location of Clarkston coffee shop Refuge Coffee Co. is planned for the South End Norcross development." - Beth McKibben
"Refuge Coffee Co. on East Ponce de Leon Avenue is a purpose-driven coffee shop with a mission to provide jobs, training, and a safe space for Clarkston’s refugee community. There’s a cozy seating area inside a converted 1960s service station, where customers can take drinks from the Refuge Coffee truck parked out front where the gas pumps used to be. (Owners Kitti and Bill Murray hope to outfit the space with a new kitchen soon.) It’s not unusual to find weekly food pop-ups and artist markets in the parking lot, too. Refuge also includes a location in Midtown. A third location is headed to Norcross." - Beth McKibben
"We turned our coffee truck into a drive-thru early in the pandemic, eventually building out a trailer so the drive-thru will be permanent, ran drive-thru events and neighborhood delivery visits to keep people engaged, and relied on the team to innovate ways to stay open and visible in Clarkston." - Lia Picard
"One community refrigerator is located at Refuge Coffee Co. in Clarkston as part of the Free99Fridge initiative, and it is maintained and stocked by neighborhood volunteers, local farmers, and businesses to help redistribute goods within the community." - Beth McKibben
