Nook & Nowhere, a bookstore, bar, and cafe, has opened in Louisville, Ky., the Courier Journal reported.
The bookstore, which debuted on February 13, resides in a 2,200-square-foot space at 1149 Shelby St. and has an opening inventory of a few hundred titles. Owners Nicole Stipp and Kaitlyn Soligan Owens plan to grow that inventory in the months ahead while adding used titles. They also donate $1 from every book sold at Nook & Nowhere to the Louisville Free Public Library.
Nook & Nowhere is in the space that previously housed Trouble Bar, which Soligan Owens and Stipp also owned. They closed the bar late last year and announced their plans for the new bookstore, bar, and cafe, earlier this year.
Last month they told Louisville Business First that initially they'd been looking for another location for a business with a daytime concept. But after considering the success that Trouble Bar had with book events over the past few years, they decided to make use of the space already available to them.
The store's alcohol offerings include some drinks and cocktails that were especially popular at Trouble Bar, and the cafe serves drip coffee, espresso-based beverages, and an assortment of food items.
So far, Soligan Owens told the Courier Journal, the community response has been "so overwhelmingly positive."