Since they opened as a trailer in 2017, Cloud 9 Coffee Company owner, Morgan Bonn said they’ve gone through a lot of changes. From moving to a full coffee shop in Stockdale Tower, to completing a remodel during a pandemic.
Cloud 9 signed expansion papers at the beginning of 2020, not knowing that the pandemic would last more than a couple weeks or months.
“We just kind of roll with the punches and figure out how to keep going. Not only keep going, but succeed and do well,” Bonn said. “I definitely didn’t do it on my own, and the Bakersfield community and our loyal customers have been so, so good.”
With growth, Bonn adds, come higher costs. Less foot traffic from their neighbors, thanks to a health crisis, has not made matters easier.
“I strategically chose this location because Stockdale Tower is iconic, and the Petroleum Club is here,” Bonn said. It’s in the middle of many businesses and local offices, but during the pandemic, everyone’s working from home [and] the…
