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DINER: 49th Parallel & Lucky’s Doughnuts Opening Tomorrow Morning At Main & 13th

by Andrew Morrison | Good news. The new location of 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters at 13th and Main passed all of its inspections earlier today and will open ahead of schedule tomorrow at 7am. I took a quick look at the hive of activity this afternoon, and it’s looking especially sharp. The coolest thing about it – other than the fact its packaged together with Lucky’s Doughnuts (OMFG!) – is the long, communal table with its bespoke, swing-out tools. It even has a hand crank that elevates it to bar height for special coffee lectures/cuppings. I’ll have more on the new cafe in the Westender next week, so in the meantime, feast on the shots below and head down tomorrow to welcome them to Main.

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    1. Yeah the place is super dope. Packed when I went in there are 2:00 this afternoon and it was a long wait for a cup of dope coffee, have not tried the dope donuts yet, but I feel this will be my new regular dope hangout. I have a feeling most people that live in the hood will be doing the same thing.

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