One of Chattanooga’s oldest locally-owned coffee roasters has a new owner who is brewing up plans to reopen a Chattz coffee shop early next year.
Lisa Dunny, the owner of the Spill the Beans food truck for the past seven years, has bought the Chattanooga Coffee Co. from company founders Eileen Mason and Evelyn Wheeler. Dunny said she hopes to reopen the Chattz cafe next to the company’s roasting facility at 2627 Broad St. “in the next four to six months.”
“When Eileen called me and asked if I would be interested in buying the company, I was surprised at first but I figured this would be a great next move for me,” Dunny said. “I’ve always loved their coffee and sold it around town and we’re working now to reopen the cafe.”
Wheeler said she is encouraged that the business she and Mason tried to build around community will continue under local ownership by another female entrepreneur interested in community and neighborhood events and activities.
Dunny began Spill the Beans selling coffee outside of Coolidge Park and she bought her food truck in 2015 to begin serving the Chattanooga Market on Sunday and other events at Finley Stadium along with numerous special events.