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COMMITTED TO CAFFEINATING KALISPELL
MONTANA COFFEE TRADERS UPGRADES DOWNTOWN LOCATION WITH RENOVATION, NEW MENU AND SERVICES | BY MOLLY PRIDDY
Austin Baumgarten and Leslie Hunt, pictured at the Coffee Traders location in downtown
Kalispell. GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
CHANGE CAN BE DIFFICULT, BUT IT IS OFTEN
necessary. In business, change means evolving with the economy or with over- arching trends, and how a company chooses to adjust determines its future.
For Montana Coffee Traders, being one of the valley’s beloved java hotspots since 1981 doesn’t mean the company in- tends to rest on its laurels. In Kalispell, the Montana Coffee Traders location on Center Street across from the Kalispell Center Mall has a new look to go with a familiar attitude.
The coffee shop and restaurant closed down for a week to undergo in- terior renovations, and according to MCT café coordinator Leslie Hunt, the changes will make the coffee and food experience more streamlined for cus- tomers while maintaining and enhanc- ing the personal service customers have come to expect from MCT employees.
Renovations include moving cash registers and adding more outdoor space, as well as bringing in new furni- ture and adjusting the indoor space to allow for less time spent waiting in line.
It’s also a way for the company to show downtown Kalispell it has no in- tention of giving up the building it has inhabited since 1989.
“We wanted to reaffirm our com- mitment to the community of Ka- lispell,” Hunt said.
Along with the new look, the café will have a new menu for customers to peruse, with a new lunch delivery
“We’re expanding the breakfast and the lunch menus, We try to buy locally as much as we can.” -Austin Baumgarten
SIXTH ANNUAL
CROSSTOWN BOXING SMOKER
THURSDAY APRIL 16TH, 2015
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: Glacier Wholesalers Twisted Bliss Universal Athletics
Trade Center, Flathead County Fairgrounds 265 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell
Featuring 15 bouts of area athletes (female and male), boxing in 3 one-minute rounds. All age groups welcome, a family event.
$20 Ringside • $15 Adult • $10 Student
Shrine Club
FREE Childrens Clinic
Saturday, April 18th Beginning at 8:00 AM
ANY CHILD who has orthopedic problems or problems associated with burns...contact Flathead Orthopedic Center at 752-7900 ask for Cathy M. to schedule an evaluation.
For further information contact:
Shriner Don Slaybaugh at 755-3858 Shriner Gale Henderson 752-6789
DOORS OPEN
at 5:30 PM
FIRST BOUT
at 6:30 PM