Community Coffee House

Community Coffee House (CC's)

Type	Private
Industry	Food
Founded	1995
Headquarters	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Area served	Louisiana
Parent	Community Coffee Company
Website	CC's Community Coffee House

The Saurage family of Louisiana has owned and operated Community Coffee Company for several years. In 1919, Henry Norman "Cap" Saurage started making his own brand of coffee in his country store in Dixie, Louisiana (near Baton Rouge), naming it "Community" in honor of the community of his friends. The first location of the coffeehouse division was in New Orleans, at the corner of Jefferson and Magazine in Uptown New Orleans. It is still in operation to this day. The coffeehouse division currently has locations in Baton Rouge, the New Orleans metropolitan area, and Lafayette all in Louisiana. All stores offer their customers free Wi-Fi access and some stores have drive-thru locations. The New Orleans locations along Magazine Street and in other commercial areas were quick to re-open following Katrina, returning to operation well before many other coffeehouses, while CC's locations in more residential areas took slightly longer to re-open. Most CC's Coffee Houses offer a variety of pastries, such as bagels and cookies. At least one or two types of croissants, tea breads, and coffee cakes are typically available, as well as a rotating selection of cakes, brownies, and other items.

CC's main competitors include Starbucks, Mello Joy, and other local coffee houses. In 2008, Starbucks closed 9 of their stores in Baton Rouge, LA, as well as 4 other stores throughout the state.^[1] The Baton Rouge store closings are largely accredited to the expansion and success of CC's Coffee Houses in the area.

External links

• Community Coffee House website

References

1. ^ "US Store Closure Info". Starbucks Coffee Company. July 2008. http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/Usstoreclosureinfo.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-12.