HIGGINS LAKE – The Higgins Lake community has a new market. With its own brand of coffee.
Al and Jane Spencer, owners of Country Corners Pizza, announced the opening of their new venture, “200 Market Cafe” at a ribbon cutting this afternoon.
The market is located at 1857 West Higgins Lake Drive, next door to Country Corners. It features home-made pastries, smoothies, essential staples such as milk, bread and eggs, syrups, and honey, as well as shirts, hats and other Higgins Lake merchandise.
However, the market specializes in coffee. Whether you call it Mocha. Cup a Joe, mud, or liquid of the gods, just call it good. A staple of the market is their own blend from the Higgins Lake Coffee Company.
The coffee is sold in whole bean or ground formats. Flavors include: Sunken Island, a single bean coffee from Brazil; Treasure Island, a four-bean medium blend from Columbia; Sunrise, a dark roast; and their decaf, Sunset Cruise. They use Treasure Island for expresso and bold cappuccino flavors.
Al said they had been thinking about the café since they bought Country Corners four years ago.
“We had this building next door and it was pretty run down,” he said. “We couldn’t have customers there. And when we opened the coffee company, it just seemed like a perfect fit.
“And adding the new building allowed us to spruce up the neighborhood and have a building we could be proud of.”
The café also has inside and outside seating, as well as a high-top coffee bar. Wi-Fi is available and there are charging stations for electronic devices such cell phones and laptops.
200 Market Café is open Tuesday-Thursday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For information call 989-821-8548.
