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| Good Brotha's Book Café in Harrisburg, Pa. | |
A year after opening Good Brotha's Book Café in Harrisburg, Pa., store owner Stefan Hawkins is opening a second location in nearby Steelton, Pa., later this year, Keystone Edge reported.
Hawkins opened Good Brotha's Book Café, the city's first Black-owned bookstore and coffee shop, on Martin Luther King Day in 2021. The bookstore's inventory highlights African-American literature as well as "brilliant authors who don't get much national attention." Along with books, the shop features works by African American artists, espresso drinks, drip coffee and tea, and food items like wraps, sandwiches and salads made on-site by Mi's Island Vibes.
Hawkins, who also runs his own coffee company called Fifth Acres Coffee, told Keystone Edge: "Whether people are interested in activism, Black Lives Matter, the LGBTQ+ community or whatever, we allow anyone who wishes to come here to meet in a safe space. We don't have a political affiliation--we're just a place for people to come and have a conversation about issues that concern them."
Fifth Acres Coffee is now available at nine grocery stores in Pennsylvania, and Hawkins recently partnered with Foot Locker to supply coffee to a warehouse coming to Mechanicsburg, Pa. He also plans to expand Good Brotha's Book Café beyond the new Steelton store; he wants to bring the business "to the Allentown, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and York markets."