Additions inclu >'ie music, seating, drinks
Business improves for
Mill at new location
By Gristine Romano
Staff Reporter
From its unlikely beginning in a
corner of Freewheelin’ Bike Shop
14 years ago, The Mill has been a
thriving source of gourmet coffees,
teas, espresso machines a nd a most
potent, legal form of jolt - choco
late-covered espresso beans.
One chapter in the downtown
redevelopment saga tells of The
Mill’s non-optional move from
downtown to the Haymarket. And
unlike some other downtowm
businesses also forced from their
homesteads to make way for grand
structures such as parking lots and
more parking lots, The Mill is flour
ishing in its new home at 800 P St.
“The move has been good for
us,” said co-owner Dale Nordyke.
“We have no complaints.”
Nordyke explained that space in
the old location, 119 N. 14th St.,
was too cramped to allow for the
ideas that he and co-owner Duane
Krepel had been considering
“The move came at a good
time,” he said. ‘‘We were growing
— bursting at the seams.”
Now the store serves some of
die products which are also sold in
dry form, such as espresso, coffees
and tea. A sunny seating area ac
commodates 12, but drinks are also
available for take-out.
Saturday morning offerings at
1 he Mill are incentive to drag one’s
body out of bed.
Loaves of fresh-baked bread
from Molan’s bakery are sold on
Saturday mornings, Nordyke said,
and last week “every last loaf was
sold. ” Satu rday morning customers
could also stumble upon live music
in coming weeks. Musicians from
the area occasionally gather at the
store for an informal jam session, to
play the fiddle, mandolin and gui
tar.
Nordyke said business has been
“as good as, if not better” than it
was at the old store, and this sur
Crises him a little. He expected
usiness to slow down temporar
ily, right after the move two
months ago, while “people figured
out where we went.” Apparently
regular customers had no problem
finding their way to the Hay
market. Nordyke said he has seen
quite a few new faces, too.
Nordyke said he and Krepel
were a bit apprehensive about re
locating outside of downtown.
Friends advised them to wait and
see what happened with the devel
opment of the Haymarket.
“They said 'No, no, it’s too soon
to move there now’,” he said. “But
the more t i me we spent down here,
the more w e saw that there are a lot
of people in this area.”
Although he relishes the oppor
tunities presented in the new loca
tion, Nordyke is still a bit sad that
The Mill was forced to relocate.
“I kind of hated leaving down
town, because I liked being on that
block (near 14th and O streets),”
he said.
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