Refuge Coffee Co. Midtown
Coffee shop · Atlanta ·
Non-profit coffee shop aiding refugees with job training
Non-profit coffee shop aiding refugees with job training
"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
"A nonprofit coffee company offering job training and employment opportunities to refugees, helping newcomers build skills and launch food-related livelihoods while enriching the community’s café culture." - Eater Staff
"A Clarkston-founded coffee shop opened a third Atlanta-area location at the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown, situated just outside the Memorial Arts building on the 1280 Peachtree campus with entry off Peachtree Street; the owners, Kitti and Bill Murray, continue their mission of providing job training and employment opportunities to Atlanta’s refugee communities at the new site." - Beth McKibben
"Owned by Kitti and Bill Murray, this Clarkston-based coffee operation has built a mission-driven program providing job training and employment for Atlanta’s refugee communities; since opening six years ago it has served thousands of customers from more than 80 countries. After launching a second outpost last year inside the historic Atlanta Daily World building on Auburn Avenue to continue that mission, the owners announced a third Atlanta-area location slated to open this fall at the Woodruff Arts Center, located just outside the Memorial Arts building on the 1280 Peachtree campus with entry off Peachtree Street." - Beth McKibben
"The activist-driven coffee company provides job training and opportunities for Atlanta’s refugee community at its Clarkston and Sweet Auburn locations. But Refuge still rolls around town delivering coffee via its red food truck. Schedule the truck to make an appearance in the neighborhood by texting “truck” to 678-613-4670. General manager and Syrian refugee Ahmad Alzoukani will be in touch to gather location details and arrange a time for the truck to arrive for a 30-minute mobile coffee break. Please remember to tip generously." - Lia Picard
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