Good Girl Cafe and Bookstore will open this summer in Englewood, Colo., the Denver Post reported.
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Located at 2807 S. Broadway, Good Girl Cafe and Bookstore will carry an assortment of romance titles, including contemporary romance, romantasy, and romance featuring characters with disabilities, as well as assorted gifts and merchandise. The cafe will serve coffee sourced from a Colorado company, along with a variety of specialty drinks.
"I'm hoping to build more of a third space," owner Meg Garcia-Jahrman told the Denver Post. "I want people to be able to come and hang out and read their book or bring their craft--if they want to sit and crochet or cross-stitch--and sit for a while and not feel rushed. I just want people to feel at home, and like they're able to be who they are."
Between September 2024 and September 2025, Garcia-Jahrman lost both of her parents unexpectedly, and romance novels and coffee shops proved to be refuges for her. She recalled: "With the passing of my parents, I was able to inherit some money, and that's really kind of what was able to take Good Girl from a dream into a reality. My husband was like, ‘Why don’t you do what you really want to do?’ which has always been to open a coffee shop."
Garica-Jahrman noted that she's honoring both of her parents with the bookstore and cafe: her mother was a book lover, and her father was a supporter of small businesses and local community. "This wouldn’t have been possible without them," she said. "I would not have been able to do this without them, and all the support that they’ve given me up until they passed away."
Garica-Jahrman is eyeing a July grand opening.