It’s sad because all of this could have been handled so much differently- and better.īut its cool to be a vagrant and not take showers, especially on Baltimore Ave. It seems like none of the owners past and/or present are very interested in being truly accountable to the community.The ugly history of labor relations there is by no means healed. Vernon neighborhood in 2010 under the ownership and management of Ernst and Dana Valery, with funding provided by EVI
Milk & Honey Market, an original concept by restaurateurs Mauro Daigle and Annie Baum-Stein of Philadelphia, initially opened a location at 816 Cathedral Street in Baltimore’s Mt. The project team, according to Valery, now comprises Mauro Daigle and Annie Baum-Stein, the husband-and-wife team behind Philadelphia’s Milk & Honey Market, and Dana and Ernst Valery who teamed with Daigle to open a Milk & Honey Market in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood. I think they are all business partners in some way? For example (referring to another project): Maybe Ernst and Dana Valery of Milk and Honey Baltimore can also help enlighten us. We really need an explanation from Milk and Honey founders Mauro Daigle and Annie Baum-Stein for the community to begin to understand what is actually going on here. Lying to your customer base is not a great first impression! The “coincidental” Milk & Honey claim is bullshit too, the Baltimore cafes have the exact same logo and branding as the previous West Philly location (about 10 posts back on the Vagrant instagram!). Total slap in the face to people experiencing homelessness in our neighborhood I couldn’t agree more with the previous comments about the name, the ignorance is startling. I agree strongly with the last two comments about the name and i highly recommend alif brew if you’re on that corner and want coffee I don’t know how they survived for 3 years in business in Baltimore with a name like that, but I really hope they will rename their shops. I have no interest in going to a place using that name, and I won’t. No matter what they may have intended, it’s a dumb and inconsiderate name.
Unless it’s a pointed satire meant to make all of the customers deeply uncomfortable, in which case, Bravo! Is this coffeeshop *for* them? Or is it a name that romanticizes poverty? There will literally be people who come into the shop begging for coffee, food and money. Vagrant is literally, “A person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.” As much as I love a great coffeeshop, it’s just a ridiculously obnoxious name to give to a gentrifying shop in a gentrifying neighborhood. I hope that Vagrant Coffee reconsiders its name during its rebranding process. Vagrant Coffee is an entirely separate company, though, just as the article mentioned. We purchased these 2 locations in 2019 and are working on our rebrand strategy which will brand all of our locations as Vagrant Coffee. Milk & Honey is a really popular café name so we can understand the confusion. We are connected to 2 Milk & Honey locations in Baltimore. Sat & Sun 8 a.m.-6 p.m.Īre these the guys affiliated with a place called Milk & Honey in Baltimore that sells Vagrant Coffee? Must be a coincidence. Vagrant Coffee is open Mon-Fri 7 a.m.-5 p.m. You can check out their menu and order online here. One of the reasons why they chose the name “Vagrant” was to emphasize their mobility.Īpart from their specialty coffee and in-house made pastries, the new coffee shop offers breakfast, sandwiches and salads, all available for pick-up only at this time due to COVID restrictions. Vagrant Coffee is also known for bringing their mobile equipment (mobile coffee and espresso bars) to parties, events and even offices. It’s a relatively young business, started in 2017, and Vagrant Coffee in West Philly is their first venture outside of Baltimore. The owners, Joshua Dew and Jared Cate, are entrepreneurs from Baltimore who already have three Vagrant locations there. Vagrant Coffee owners Josh Dew ( left) and Jared Cate ( Photo from Vagrant’s Instagram page).Ī new cafe, Vagrant Coffee, has recently opened on 45th and Baltimore, at the former Milk & Honey location.
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