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Cream & Amber, a combination bookstore and tap house selling craft beer, coffee and food, aims to open in December in Hopkins, Minn., according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
Owners Kacey Wyttenhove and Katie Terhune came up with the idea for "a hybrid bookstore and tap house after finding no such place in the Twin Cities." Wyttenhove commented: "We kept wanting to find a place to go to work or read, something more laid back than a taproom or bar We're combining two of our passions, craft beer and books."
She added: "We want to be a community space where people from the neighborhood can come and hang out. People from other parts of the cities can get both books and craft beer in one location."
One side of the 1,500-square-foot space will have a long bookshelf selling new and used books. There will also be a community room for 10-15 people for book clubs and other groups. On its website, the owners say they believe "a bookstore should offer customers the opportunity to browse a diverse range of authors, literary genres and styles of writing."
To help fund the opening of the store, Cream & Amber launched an Indiegogo campaign that raised more than $11,000 of its $20,000 goal.