Within five minutes of Lipscomb alone, there’s the Frothy Monkey, Bongo Java, The Perch, Starbucks, The Well and Fido. The campus is almost surrounded by coffee shops. And there are plenty more, with new ones opening seemingly every week or so in and around Nashville.
The number of shops makes it easy to jump around from place to place, but there is something about the familiar look, feel and taste of a coffee shop that lures people into going back again and again.
For some, it’s the atmosphere that makes them a loyal customer. For others it is the location.
Here’s a sampling of three that Lipscomb students have visited and recommend.
Brianna Langley, a freshman communications major from Knoxville, finds a favorite in Cafe Coco at 210 Louise Avenue, down near Centennial Park and the Exit/In.
“They are open 24-7, which is unique,” Langley said. “They’re also like a bar-slash-restaurant-slash-
For other students, coffee shops are all about the basics – the taste and quality of the coffee itself.
“The Well is great,” said Mackenzie Carter, sophomore youth ministry major from Huntsville, Ala. “I go for coffee there more for the taste than the atmosphere, because if I have homework, it’s easier just to go to the Starbucks on campus.”
The Well is an easy desination for Lipscomb students as itis located at 2035 Richard Jones Road in Green Hills. Well organizers have been discussing expanding to new locations and even church plants.
Michaela Kirk, sophomore engineering major from Nashville, likes her go-to spot for the convenience.
“I work at this place called Cafe Fontanella, (at the Fontanel Mansion, former estate of country star Barbara Mandrell) and there’s a gift shop-slash-coffee shop called the Farm House.
“It’s really nice because it’s like a five-minute drive from my house and we also have these trails beside it, so you can get your coffee to-go and go walk on the trail.”