Cafe, Coffee Events

Local Shop Shutters After Barista Accidentally Performs Perfect Close

A closed sign outlined in white and written in cursive on a glass door.

  By Chris Deferio   KNOXVILLE, TN— Concerned customers and townspeople are milling about in confusion and wonder this morning after Lenny Welker, the closing barista at a local espresso bar, accidentally performed the perfect close and realized that the shop could never open again.   Welker had been finishing the final item on the closing checklist when he realized…

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