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Rosebud Coffee House invites neighbors to “gather around the kitchen table” on Muncie’s Southside. Nicole Thomas Lifestyles Editor Sunday mornings throughout her childhood, Tiara Hicks would wake up on her grandparents’ farm to the smell of freshly brewed coffee. She would gather with her grandparents, Larry and Joyce Patty, around the heart of their home — the kitchen table. At 4 years old, Hicks shared her first cup of coffee with them. She’s been drinking it black ever since. Her grandfather, who enjoyed his coffee with sugar and cream, always joked with her. “That’ll put hair on your chest,” he’d say. “I’m not big enough to drink it black.” Around that kitchen table, Hicks would read her grandparents their horoscopes from the newspaper before flipping to the advertisements. There, she and her grandfather would find their adventure for the day. Sundays were the only day her grandfather had off from working as a gardener on another local farm,
so they’d often try out a new restaurant, visit an antique store or buy horses for their own farm. Larry Patty taught her the meaning of hospitality, Hicks said. He always opened the door for visitors and invited them in for a cup of coffee and a chat at the kitchen table. When Hicks opened a coffee business on Muncie’s Southside, she named it Rosebud Coffee House after her grandfather, whose nickname was “Rosebud” because of his love for yellow roses. The shop’s specialty drink — the Rosebud — is nutty, floral and fresh, as its ingredients are espresso, rose and pistachio. “I swear to you, I never saw him drink anything other than coffee,” Hicks said. “Coffee and gathering around the table — it’s
We’re pulling people from Cowan and Selma, and people who are out in the country … They have a reason to come to the Southside now.” - TIARA HICKS, Owner of Rosebud Coffee House the conduit to conversation and community for me. It just seemed natural that I would make [Rosebud Coffee House] about him.”
Tiara Hicks stands by the front cash register March 10, 2021. Hicks’ favorite drink she offers is the Rosebud, which none of her customers or employees have disliked, she said. NICOLE THOMAS, DN
Renovating Rosebud Hicks always knew she wanted to start her own business, and seeing a vacant ice cream stand for sale was the first time she visualized creating her own cafe with a coffee bar, she said.
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