“Gross – what’s this?” Working in food service, this is typically not a response you want to hear.  But for the past 30 days or so I have loved hearing it, time and again. Currently at the Green Bean coffee house, if you order a drink and wait in front of the espresso machine, you [...]

It’s been a great start to Spring at the Green Bean. We just installed our brand new pastry case (out with the old and in with the new) which now displays Bob’s quiches and will soon have our tasty (and gluten-free) Quinoa Pilaf just in time for the nicer weather. Our dear friend John Eidson [...]

Friends of the Green Bean and Greenwood! There is now a barrel in the Bean for food donations for the Greenwood Food Bank. The Food Bank is in need, so bring in your non-perishables to help feed others in our community. Bonus: for the month of April, if you bring in two items and show [...]

The Overflow Project is a 50 day challenge for people to live simply by giving up the “extras” so they can donate the money they would be spending to help provide clean drinking water to those who don’t readily have access to it. Come by the Bean, put on a bracelet and join in the [...]

On Saturday, March 31st, the Green Bean is hosting author Andrea Palpant’s reading of her new book Faith and Other Flat Tires, A Memoir. The after-hours event is open to the public and will be held in the cafe at 7pm. Espresso and pastries will be for sale, so wander on down for a nice [...]

A co-worker of mine from my other job told me he buys his daily serving of vegetables in powder form: he mixes it in with a strong concentration of pineapple and orange juice just to get the bitter taste down. He does this because he doesn’t cook, and has no desire to. “If I could [...]

Since the Green Bean first opened back in 2005, there have been loads of people who have played a part in its mission to be a space that fosters community. Every so often I am stopped by a customer who takes a moment to share what the Bean has meant to them, and it is [...]