Javaology closed
March 31st, 2008 by Besha Rodell in News, RestaurantsI heard a rumor that Javaology was closing today, so I swung by there to see what was going on. I tried calling first, but the phone has already been disconnected.
I found an employee outside the building who could not get his key to work. He said he only found out on Friday that they would be closing. The owner had informed him via email. I asked why they closed and he said that part of the business plan had been an airport location, and that had recently fallen through. He also said the tornado has negatively affected business in recent weeks.
One of the strange things about Javaology was how you could not charge less than $10 on a debit or credit card, so if you didn’t have cash the only way to get coffee was to buy a $10 gift card. I have one with most of the $10 left on it, and was feeling all indignant about losing my money until I came across the newly unemployed guy outside the store.
This isn’t the only business in Atlanta suffering because of the tornado. I’ve spoken to quite a few folks, mainly from restaurants downtown, who say that business has been hurt because of the storm.
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March 31st, 2008 at 9:11 pm
…which is completely against MC/VI guidelines which they agreed to when they signed up for their credit card machine. It really irritates me when businesses do this.
Don’t accept credit cards(or go into business) if the costs aren’t agreeable to you.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:00 am
Suckage. I really loved the activity that was going on in this section of Edgewood and Javaology was a big part what made this such a nice hangout area. Coffee house, art gallery (Uspace), cool restaurants, great old buildings — it was a nice group.
I hope another coffee place moves in here and that business picks up in the area. Mostly I hope nothing horrible befalls Dynamic Dish, my favorite restaurant to open in the city in the past couple of years.
Stupid freakin’ tornado.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:25 am
If you’re in the area and need a coffee drink, Dynamic Dish actually makes great espresso and cappuccino.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:30 am
So sorry to hear that! It’s so hard for a small business to keep its head above water in this environment.
Sweet Auburn is a great neighborhood, and I hope something else will come along quickly and flourish!
April 1st, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I thought this was an April Fools joke until I drove by today.
I don’t know the coffee shop business, but the CC / Debit Card machine sounds totally sketchy. Add in that they blame going out of business due to the tornado? Did they lose more than 1 day of traffic? They don’t seem to be in an area dependent upon office workers, conventioneers, and heavy downtown traffic flow.
The tornado messed up a lot of business flow for some places, but Javology’s problems seemed to be happening far before the storm.
I feel horrible for their employees.
April 1st, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Dirty, I think you’re right that there must have been problems before the storm, but that part of town did suffer a lot of damage and road closures - remember, it’s only a few blocks from the destroyed cotton mill lofts. Just the fact that the Boulevard is still closed between Memorial and Edgewood probably significantly lessens traffic going past Javaology in the mornings. I often used to drive that way home, but now that I have to snake through Cabbagetown I don’t go that way.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I am so very sorry to see them closed. I was so proud and happy to see the young business owners thriving and providing great coffee to the community.