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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I got an email from a listener saying, Ross, I
think you would really like to talk to this guy
about his mission, about what he's doing. And it's an
unusual thing, right. How often do you hear me talk
about a coffee shop, right, or a coffee and breakfast place.
But I just really liked this story. And so I'm
(00:24):
joined by Joe Truett, who is the owner of Best
Day Ever Coffee and Crepes in Longmont, Colorado, Best Day
Ever Coffee and Crapes, And well, Joe is just doing
something that I think, especially now in the timing of
what's been going on in the last few days, to
be able to talk about something that's kind and generous
(00:44):
and wonderful is something that I wanted to do on
the show. So Joe, welcome, Welcome to KOA. Thanks for
being here.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Hey, thanks, Ross, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
So tell us the story is what is the Best
Day Ever Coffee? And it's not just not just a coffee.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Shop, No, No, it's amazing. And I really appreciate what
you just said. Is my wife and I were just
saying this morning, in light of what's going on in
our world and the stuff that we're seeing it's amazing
to have a place where you can kind of get
away from some of that stuff. So best f Ever
copying Trapes. This was a dream that started several years ago.
(01:23):
We have a son named Sack. He's thirty four. He
has Down syndrome, and he has owned for the last
fifteen years. He's just wanted to be like everybody else,
an adult need to live independently and do all the things.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
That everybody else wants to do.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
And we've had this dream of owning a coffee shop
where we highlight and employ other adults with special needs.
And so man, this last couple of years, everything kind
of fell into place and we found a place, we
got the the equipment, and five months ago, in April,
(02:03):
we we launched and it's been absolutely amazing. We've got
fifteen special needs adults that work for us in the
coffee shop.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
We call them up besties.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
We call them besties because once you meet Seth, you
become his best friend. Everybody who meets him knows that.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
And so that's why we call our guys besties.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
And we call it best Day Ever because that's typically
Seth's response when you ask him, hey, hey, but how
is your day, and so it just made sense for
us to call it that. And it's just been a
whirlwind of amazing.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Experiences ever since we've opened.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Amazing over on your on your website, which is Best
Day Ever Coffee and Crepes dot com. There's a picture
near the top. It's got a guy and a gal.
Is the guy your son? Yes?
Speaker 2 (02:56):
That's seth h yeah, just great.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
And folks, if you are or might be in Longmont,
five sixteen Kaufman Street, coffm An five sixteen Kaufman Street,
Monday through Saturday, seven am to seven pm, closed on Sundays.
Is that all still correct information?
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Well?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Almost? We just this month we changed our closing hours just.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
A little bit. Okay, still Monday through Thursday. We're open
seven to five Friday and Saturday is seven to six.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Okay, very good. So update your website and then I'll
read it right the next time. So tell us, just
tell us a little more. I want you to paint
a picture, right, like a story, what it's like for you,
and to the best you can describe it from their perspective,
from your son's perspective, or any of your other besties perspective.
(03:46):
What a what a day? In that coffee shop is
like and maybe from a customer's perspective as.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Well, sure absolutely. So you know, we don't get our
bestys long shifts.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
They work two to three hour shifts a couple times
a week maybe, and so they get to come in.
A lot of them have job coaches, which is extremely
helpful because they're able to stay with that bestie helping
to guide them. So because you know, we still have
to operate a functional and efficient coffee shop, so you know,
(04:18):
in order to have some guidance with them. You know,
some of them have job coaches that really.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Takes it to the next level. But you know, they
get to come in.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
They they fill in the back where there's a hook
and it has their apron and their hat and it
has their name, and so they come in, they get
all ready, they clock in just like they would for
a normal job. Many times they're running the cash register,
taking orders from the customers, they're taking orders out to
the customers when they're ready, cleaning the dining room, micing tables.
(04:49):
It's really great because not only are they learning some
new skills, but they're gaining confidence. They're getting to interact
with community members. They're earning some money. I mean, it's
just a win through the whole experience. And I've said
from the very very beginning when we open this place,
it's I don't everybody who comes in is going through
(05:11):
something in life.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
I don't know what their life is.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Like, but most people have some stuff and it can
be heavy. And whether it's family, your job, or you
name it, they come in. I want them to be
able to experience something that they can't experience anywhere else,
so that when they leave, they're having a better day
than when they came in.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
If we can do that, then we've done our job.
And I can tell you experience a story after story
of how that has happened.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
People are smiling, they're laughing, they're walking out telling us.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
To have the best day ever. There's tears, there's hugs that.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
We're meeting new family friends that we've never met before.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Every single day and it's just it's just a joy
to be there, whether you're working there or whether you're
a custom enjoying a copy or krit it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Yeah. I have only had the opportunity to meet a
few folks with down syndrome. A good friend of mine
who many radio listeners know. John Caldera is very open
about this. His his young son, Chance has Down syndrome,
and I've spent a lot of time with them, and gosh,
I'm not sure how old Chances now, maybe the early twenties,
(06:24):
and just such a just such a joyful guy, like
whenever you're whenever a year around him, even even though
his communication skills are modest, whenever a year around him,
you can't help but smile.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Absolutely, that's exactly right. And you know we have lots.
I mean the span of special needs that our employees.
I mean, it goes from down syndrome to autism, you
name it, and it's there. They so everybody has a
different It's just fun to learn the quirks of each
(07:04):
employee because you know, somebody with autism. I'm thinking of
Gregory or Noah Edwards, who an artistic and when they're
cleaning dishes and watching them do the dishes as opposed
to somebody else, it's just interesting and funny because they're
so focused and they will spend five minutes on one
(07:24):
pork and it's hilarious. And they may come away with
their apron completely drenched and it's okay.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
It's awful.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Oh my gosh, that's a good story. We're talking with
Joe Truett. He's the owner of Best Day Ever Coffee
and Crapes in Longmont. The website is Best Day Ever
Coffee and Crapes dot com. Five sixteen Kaufman Street in Longmont.
One quick thing before I let you go. I I
just got a Facebook message from Scott. I won't use
his last name, last initial is E. And he says,
(07:55):
what a cool coincidence. He said, I live in Mexico now,
but about twelve years ago, Joe was an associate pastor
at a church where I sought refuge, where I was
dealing with a divorce and lots of other things that
were not fun. His son, Seth was an absolute light
in that church congregation. And there's a little more, but
(08:18):
I'll leave it there. I wanted to share that with you.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
That's incredible. Yeah, and I know who you're talking about.
So it's amazing the links.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
And the connections that we have. People will come in
and I will have known them for twenty years, haven't
seen them for ten or fifteen. It's just amazing. The community,
that's one of the biggest parts. It's great to give
the experience to our best special needs bessies. But I
love to see the interaction and the effect that it
(08:50):
has on the community when they come in, especially when
they come in and they had no idea what we're about.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
We do.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
They come in, they hear about it, and they walk
out fans raving fans.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Folks.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Like I said, if you are or if you can
be in Longmont, stop by Best Day Ever Coffee and
Crepes five sixteen Kaufman Street in Longmont, and it will
be your best day ever, and maybe you will make
somebody else's best day ever. Joe Truett, thanks for not
so much, thanks for joining me. Yes, thanks for that,
(09:24):
but thanks for this amazing project admission that you're on.
It's just wonderful and I'm especially glad to be able
to talk to you about something this wonderful today.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Well, thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
It's an honor to be able to do this with
you as well.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
And I just can't wait to see where this thing
is going to go.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I can't wait to see it either. And next time,
I mean you're a neck of the woods, when you're open,
I'll stop by and say hi in person.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Hey, Your copy's on me buddy money.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
All right, see all right. Best day ever Coffee and
crepes in Longmont,
I got an email from a listener saying, Ross, I
think you would really like to talk to this guy
about his mission, about what he's doing. And it's an
unusual thing, right. How often do you hear me talk
about a coffee shop, right, or a coffee and breakfast place.
But I just really liked this story. And so I'm
(00:24):
joined by Joe Truett, who is the owner of Best
Day Ever Coffee and Crepes in Longmont, Colorado, Best Day
Ever Coffee and Crapes, And well, Joe is just doing
something that I think, especially now in the timing of
what's been going on in the last few days, to
be able to talk about something that's kind and generous
(00:44):
and wonderful is something that I wanted to do on
the show. So Joe, welcome, Welcome to KOA. Thanks for
being here.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Hey, thanks, Ross, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
So tell us the story is what is the Best
Day Ever Coffee? And it's not just not just a coffee.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Shop, No, No, it's amazing. And I really appreciate what
you just said. Is my wife and I were just
saying this morning, in light of what's going on in
our world and the stuff that we're seeing it's amazing
to have a place where you can kind of get
away from some of that stuff. So best f Ever
copying Trapes. This was a dream that started several years ago.
(01:23):
We have a son named Sack. He's thirty four. He
has Down syndrome, and he has owned for the last
fifteen years. He's just wanted to be like everybody else,
an adult need to live independently and do all the things.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
That everybody else wants to do.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
And we've had this dream of owning a coffee shop
where we highlight and employ other adults with special needs.
And so man, this last couple of years, everything kind
of fell into place and we found a place, we
got the the equipment, and five months ago, in April,
(02:03):
we we launched and it's been absolutely amazing. We've got
fifteen special needs adults that work for us in the
coffee shop.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
We call them up besties.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
We call them besties because once you meet Seth, you
become his best friend. Everybody who meets him knows that.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
And so that's why we call our guys besties.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
And we call it best Day Ever because that's typically
Seth's response when you ask him, hey, hey, but how
is your day, and so it just made sense for
us to call it that. And it's just been a
whirlwind of amazing.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Experiences ever since we've opened.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Amazing over on your on your website, which is Best
Day Ever Coffee and Crepes dot com. There's a picture
near the top. It's got a guy and a gal.
Is the guy your son? Yes?
Speaker 2 (02:56):
That's seth h yeah, just great.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
And folks, if you are or might be in Longmont,
five sixteen Kaufman Street, coffm An five sixteen Kaufman Street,
Monday through Saturday, seven am to seven pm, closed on Sundays.
Is that all still correct information?
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Well?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Almost? We just this month we changed our closing hours just.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
A little bit. Okay, still Monday through Thursday. We're open
seven to five Friday and Saturday is seven to six.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Okay, very good. So update your website and then I'll
read it right the next time. So tell us, just
tell us a little more. I want you to paint
a picture, right, like a story, what it's like for you,
and to the best you can describe it from their perspective,
from your son's perspective, or any of your other besties perspective.
(03:46):
What a what a day? In that coffee shop is
like and maybe from a customer's perspective as.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Well, sure absolutely. So you know, we don't get our
bestys long shifts.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
They work two to three hour shifts a couple times
a week maybe, and so they get to come in.
A lot of them have job coaches, which is extremely
helpful because they're able to stay with that bestie helping
to guide them. So because you know, we still have
to operate a functional and efficient coffee shop, so you know,
(04:18):
in order to have some guidance with them. You know,
some of them have job coaches that really.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Takes it to the next level. But you know, they
get to come in.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
They they fill in the back where there's a hook
and it has their apron and their hat and it
has their name, and so they come in, they get
all ready, they clock in just like they would for
a normal job. Many times they're running the cash register,
taking orders from the customers, they're taking orders out to
the customers when they're ready, cleaning the dining room, micing tables.
(04:49):
It's really great because not only are they learning some
new skills, but they're gaining confidence. They're getting to interact
with community members. They're earning some money. I mean, it's
just a win through the whole experience. And I've said
from the very very beginning when we open this place,
it's I don't everybody who comes in is going through
(05:11):
something in life.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
I don't know what their life is.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Like, but most people have some stuff and it can
be heavy. And whether it's family, your job, or you
name it, they come in. I want them to be
able to experience something that they can't experience anywhere else,
so that when they leave, they're having a better day
than when they came in.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
If we can do that, then we've done our job.
And I can tell you experience a story after story
of how that has happened.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
People are smiling, they're laughing, they're walking out telling us.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
To have the best day ever. There's tears, there's hugs that.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
We're meeting new family friends that we've never met before.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Every single day and it's just it's just a joy
to be there, whether you're working there or whether you're
a custom enjoying a copy or krit it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Yeah. I have only had the opportunity to meet a
few folks with down syndrome. A good friend of mine
who many radio listeners know. John Caldera is very open
about this. His his young son, Chance has Down syndrome,
and I've spent a lot of time with them, and gosh,
I'm not sure how old Chances now, maybe the early twenties,
(06:24):
and just such a just such a joyful guy, like
whenever you're whenever a year around him, even even though
his communication skills are modest, whenever a year around him,
you can't help but smile.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Absolutely, that's exactly right. And you know we have lots.
I mean the span of special needs that our employees.
I mean, it goes from down syndrome to autism, you
name it, and it's there. They so everybody has a
different It's just fun to learn the quirks of each
(07:04):
employee because you know, somebody with autism. I'm thinking of
Gregory or Noah Edwards, who an artistic and when they're
cleaning dishes and watching them do the dishes as opposed
to somebody else, it's just interesting and funny because they're
so focused and they will spend five minutes on one
(07:24):
pork and it's hilarious. And they may come away with
their apron completely drenched and it's okay.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
It's awful.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Oh my gosh, that's a good story. We're talking with
Joe Truett. He's the owner of Best Day Ever Coffee
and Crapes in Longmont. The website is Best Day Ever
Coffee and Crapes dot com. Five sixteen Kaufman Street in Longmont.
One quick thing before I let you go. I I
just got a Facebook message from Scott. I won't use
his last name, last initial is E. And he says,
(07:55):
what a cool coincidence. He said, I live in Mexico now,
but about twelve years ago, Joe was an associate pastor
at a church where I sought refuge, where I was
dealing with a divorce and lots of other things that
were not fun. His son, Seth was an absolute light
in that church congregation. And there's a little more, but
(08:18):
I'll leave it there. I wanted to share that with you.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
That's incredible. Yeah, and I know who you're talking about.
So it's amazing the links.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
And the connections that we have. People will come in
and I will have known them for twenty years, haven't
seen them for ten or fifteen. It's just amazing. The community,
that's one of the biggest parts. It's great to give
the experience to our best special needs bessies. But I
love to see the interaction and the effect that it
(08:50):
has on the community when they come in, especially when
they come in and they had no idea what we're about.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
We do.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
They come in, they hear about it, and they walk
out fans raving fans.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Folks.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Like I said, if you are or if you can
be in Longmont, stop by Best Day Ever Coffee and
Crepes five sixteen Kaufman Street in Longmont, and it will
be your best day ever, and maybe you will make
somebody else's best day ever. Joe Truett, thanks for not
so much, thanks for joining me. Yes, thanks for that,
(09:24):
but thanks for this amazing project admission that you're on.
It's just wonderful and I'm especially glad to be able
to talk to you about something this wonderful today.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Well, thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
It's an honor to be able to do this with
you as well.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
And I just can't wait to see where this thing
is going to go.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I can't wait to see it either. And next time,
I mean you're a neck of the woods, when you're open,
I'll stop by and say hi in person.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Hey, Your copy's on me buddy money.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
All right, see all right. Best day ever Coffee and
crepes in Longmont,
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