Award-winning coffee shop hidden within historic Greater Manchester building opens its doors
06.03.2024 - 11:07
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A new coffee shop has opened its doors within one of Manchester's most historic buildings. CoffeeLab has taken up residence inside Colwyn Chambers on the corner of York Street and Mosley Street.
Billed as the first street cafe chain to fully embrace the 3rd wave coffee concept, the award-winning chain was established in Chalkida in Greece in 2009 and has gone on to open more than 100 shops globally. The brand describes each of its shops as laboratories where coffee preparation is executed with 'meticulous precision'.
Colwyn Chambers was built in 1898 and began life as the Merchantile Bank designed by J. Gibbons Sankey. This Portland Stone building has a Grade II-listed status and the ground floor unit has previously been home to a Tony & Guy hairdressers, amongst other shops and businesses.
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Zoe Stamataki, Director of MCR Piccadilly Coffee Lab, said: “It is truly exciting to be able to offer our exceptional coffee and products from around the world. Our vision is to become a leading brand in the Third-Wave Coffee Movement and the quality of our products and services is our top priority.
"Colwyn Chambers is a fantastic building to host Coffee Lab, with significant history. Its great location will offer our store the visibility that we need to build on our success for the future.”
The new coffee spot stands out for its unique logo inspired by its origin story. A blue and black dog named Argus is its trademark and links to its Greek routes as the loyal and pet of Odysseus.
The brand prides itself on the being the only coffee chain that solely offers single origin coffee varieties from Kenya, Brazil, Ethiopia and Guatemala. Meanwhile,