The popular café at Gibson's Bookstore, Concord, N.H., reopened yesterday morning after an 18-month hiatus caused by the pandemic and the permanent closing of True Brew Barista, which had run the café.
In the front of Gibson's building, the café is open 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Saturday, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays--longer hours than the bookstore. The café is now being managed by Gibson's and headed by Bailey Irving.
Early in the morning, customers began showing up, including two writers who had finished their books in the old café and are working on new ones. (See a video of the opening here.) Owner Michael Herrmann noted, "We've missed having a café in the bookstore, and we're very glad to have reopened."