Canoe will be welcoming a new restaurant and coffee roasting business come August.
The new addition, The Hive, will be located at 4940 Canoe Beach Dr NE – the former Doc’s Pub location.
Karla Ferster, who owns her own coffee business, Frog Friendly Wild, and business partner Jennifer Jesten, moved to Canoe a few years ago for a lifestyle change.
The duo then decided that they wanted to create a welcoming place where the community could gather, so they generated the idea that became The Hive.
The Hive will be a fusion of a coffee roastery and bistro-style restaurant and will also double as a pub in the evenings.
Fresh food, organic soda and numerous coffee varieties will be just a few items on the menu.
“We’re really focusing on farm-to-table,” said Ferster.
The Hive will incorporate a local feel, and Ferster says that the decor will be heavily focused around Canoe’s history.
The roastery portion of the venue will be run by Ferster’s husband and will give customers the opportunity to actually see their coffee being made.
“I’m very passionate about Canoe,” said Ferster, who said that Canoe reminds her of Crescent Beach, where she grew up. “It has so much opportunity and hasn’t realized its potential.”
