Black-owned Shoreline coffee shop vandalized for third time within nine months Black Coffee Northwest has been hit three times in nine months. Previously, vandals threw Molotov cocktails at the building and drew racist images on the walls. Author: Eric Wilkinson Updated: 4:54 PM PDT July 23, 2021 SHORELINE, Wash. — As she walked into work Friday, MaeLea Willis, manager of Shoreline's Black Coffee Northwest, locked the door behind her, with one question going through her mind. "Why? Why would you want to put so much energy into trying to destroy something that does nothing but build the community up and focus on nothing but positive things?" Willis wondered.