Kirsa and Sean Crippen stand outside the Streetcar Café Saturday as they prepare to close up their coffee shop for good. Location: 10 E. Brookland Park Blvd. in North Side.
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Coffee shop business grinds to a halt
A combination coffee and bike shop was supposed to be a first step in breathing fresh life into a neighborhood business strip in North Side. But four months after the ceremonial, high-profile ribbon-cutting, only the nonprofit bike shop remains in operation at 10 E. Brookland Park Blvd. — and just a few days a week.