We have a $9 average ticket. It doesn’t work any longer to be able to pay these rents and taxes and how much this stuff costs with these small margins. … It just hasn’t been fun for me in years.
That’s Andy Mumma, founder and owner of Barista Parlor, as reported by Michael L. Jones in Louisville Business First. Mumma’s sentiments are thought-provoking; is work supposed to be fun, or is it something one must do in order to have fun after work?
Meanwhile the Louisville location of Barista Parlor at 500 W Jefferson St. has ceased.
Barista Parlor closes Downtown Louisville café after less than two years
Nashville coffee chain Barista Parlor has closed its Downtown Louisville café after less than two years in operation.
The coffee shop, which opened in 2023 in the atrium of 500W — the 29‑story office tower at 500 W. Jefferson St. — shut down in early January, according to building manager JLL Properties.
Three Barista Parlor locations in the small chain’s hometown of Nashville, Tennessee also have been shuttered.
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