Beancounter Cafe News Today

BURLINGTON – Reaction to the news Friday that an Amazon last-mile fulfillment center has been positive, with a lot of people excited for the possibility of the employment opportunities the

Like other downtown businesses, Roy and Murphy will extend their store hours to kick off Small Business Saturday in downtown Burlington.

The original Beancounter Coffeehouse & Drinkery opened in downtown Burlington in 2016. Its second location at Shottenkirk Superstore opened last month.

Smokey Blue Bar-B-Q thrives off-grid in an electronic society Bob Saar for The Hawk Eye In this day of electronic communication lanes that are wide open 24/7, Derrick Middleton is a businessman who lives what you might call a hand-to-mouth life: he smokes up some mean barbecue. But his customers have no way of knowing when or where Smokey Blue Bar-B-Qs blue trailer will be on any given day, so its all word-of-mouth. Middletons home base in Burlington is, more or less, the Shell gas station at R...

Martha Wolf hangs up her apron after 29 years. Bob Saar Its always hard to say goodbye to a good thing. Ivy Bake Shoppe owner Martha Wolf is passing her prime West Burlington location at the Shottenkirk Superstore to another Burlington coffee shop, the Beancounter. Beancounter owner Suann Wells said it will probably take Wolf "a couple weeks to get 20 years of stuff out of there." "Well probably be able to get in about the 15th of March," Wells said. "Our goal is to be open the 19th of April. I...