When we first opened Mountain Arts Pottery, we didn't anticipate that it would evolve into co-existing with a restaurant. We had been creating pottery for 23 years and pottery was what we knew. After about six months of doing business in our new space near Four Corners, we started talking about adding coffee to our business. We had plenty of space back then and thought that it might be a good "add on business". David thought that it would be good to give our customers a cup of coffee to enjoy while they were looking at the pottery. I thought that we should make a really good cup of coffee, make cinnamon rolls and other treats and sell them to our customers. In the end, my persuasiveness prevailed and we began to make coffee. I love to make pastries, so I made half a dozen cinnamon and caramel rolls each day, and maybe a dozen cookies (our customer base was pretty miniscule!). When word got out that we had treats, we began to increase our selection and the number of items we were making. Eventually I hired someone to help me, and the Coffee Pot Bakery Cafe was launched.
I will never forget a gentleman who came in and commented on our baked goods and the quality of them. He asserted with confidence that we would make our own treats for a year or so, then we would become like every other little business and start buying them in bulk from Costco. Now there is nothing wrong with Costco pastries, in fact I could be addicted to their chocolatey muffins if I permitted myself the indulgence, but our goal was to make all of our food from scratch, on site. I told him that that would never happen, and, thankfully, it has not. Although the only cinnamon rolls I personally make these days are made out of our home, we have seven outstanding bakers who continue the tradition of making everything from scratch right here in the Coffee Pot kitchen. They use some of the same recipes I started with 13 years ago, but they have each added some of their own recipes and ideas which only serves to add to the dimension and quality of what we serve.
There have been many, many changes over the years with both the Coffee Pot and Mountain Arts Pottery, but the one thing that hasn't changed is our goal to make the quality products that our customers expect and appreciate.
I will never forget a gentleman who came in and commented on our baked goods and the quality of them. He asserted with confidence that we would make our own treats for a year or so, then we would become like every other little business and start buying them in bulk from Costco. Now there is nothing wrong with Costco pastries, in fact I could be addicted to their chocolatey muffins if I permitted myself the indulgence, but our goal was to make all of our food from scratch, on site. I told him that that would never happen, and, thankfully, it has not. Although the only cinnamon rolls I personally make these days are made out of our home, we have seven outstanding bakers who continue the tradition of making everything from scratch right here in the Coffee Pot kitchen. They use some of the same recipes I started with 13 years ago, but they have each added some of their own recipes and ideas which only serves to add to the dimension and quality of what we serve.
There have been many, many changes over the years with both the Coffee Pot and Mountain Arts Pottery, but the one thing that hasn't changed is our goal to make the quality products that our customers expect and appreciate.