FUEL Coffee Bar

By Amy Thiessen-Roy

Fuel Coffee Bar

Fuel Coffee bar is honored to be deemed a Hidden Gem! We are a little mom and pop coffee bar located within MAD Fitness, at 4728 50 Ave Onoway Alberta. We are open Monday – Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm, and soon, every other Saturday from 9am-3pm. I am hoping that soon we can be open more, but because it is just a one woman show (other than when my husband has days off), there are only so many hours I can force my kids to spend working.

We serve and sell coffee roasted by High Horse Coffee Company, which is a small batch roaster located in

Edmonton. It is delicious, and being able to serve super fresh coffee is a definite plus. Our goal is to support locals where we can, and we strive to keep our packaging as eco friendly as possible. A little about me now. In December 2018 I noticed my mental health was slowly diminishing, I was feeling like I needed to do something more. The kids were all in school for the most part, my youngest just in playschool, with them not needing me as much I was finding I missed having something that I was good at. I was an accountant between having my oldest and my middle, but I wasn’t ready to go back to that lifestyle full time. One afternoon I was sitting visiting MAD Fitness, (because why work out when you can just visit in the reception area, am I right??) and the owner of the gym was lamenting on how she’d created a smoothie bar, but didn’t have the time to

make it really profitable. The next time I was there visiting, the topic came up with a few people, how a little café that had specialty coffees had just closed and they were missing having good coffee locally. That night I went home and had a loooong discussion with my husband, and the next thing we knew, Fuel Coffee Bar was a thing! We used the space that had been allocated in MAD Fitness for the smoothie bar, renovated it a bit and it is now a small but mighty space full of great coffee.

We do still sell smoothies, since that was the original dream. We are on a never-ending quest to find healthy grab and go options, so we have also added cold pressed juices, paninis, and Fuel Up bowls to our menu this year. Covid19 shut Fuel Coffee Bar down just shy of it’s one-year anniversary, but we made it through the summer and fall attending farmers markets in both Onoway and Alberta Beach. At the markets we only brought our cold brew and sold iced coffees and Italian sodas. Those were a hit! We had so much fun having an outside booth for the markets, they are such a wonderful atmosphere! We are so glad to be back in our warm space inside for winter though. Opening Fuel Coffee Bar has brought me so much joy, and has done wonders for my mental health. I am a very social being, so the people I get to meet at work are a joy. I am so grateful for the continued support of my husband, family, friends and amazing community. Fuel continues to grow and I am so excited to see where we can be in a few years!

Come Fuel up with a delicious latte while passing thru Onoway, the hub of the highways!"

Inside MAD Fitness, 4728 50 Ave Onoway Alberta. Monday – Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm Soon,Alternate Saturdays 9am-3pm.