The former Parliament Espresso & Coffee shop in 2017. The coffee shop permanently closed in October after months of temporary closures due to the pandemic.
Locally owned Waterbean Coffee is expanding fast, opening its seventh Charlotte-area location in Uptown by early March.
Why it matters: Waterbean’s owner, Tony Vo, hopes the new location in the former Parliament Espresso & Coffee space will help bring people back to center city, which has seen numerous closures since the start of the pandemic.
- “We know the first year is going to be difficult.” But, he says, turning hopeful, “this pandemic is not going to last forever.”
Flashback: Since opening the first Waterbean in Cornelius in 2013, the business has grown fast. In November, Vo opened a two-story shop (with an aquarium and retractable glass roof!) in his native Vietnam.
- Vo already has one Uptown location on North Tryon.
- With the rapid…
