Popular downtown Des Moines coffee shop moves after 29 years



KCCI 8 NEWS AT 6:00. STE:EV OH, NO. LATTE LOVERS IN DOWNTOWNES D MOINES ARE FEELING A SENSE OF LO.SS STACEY: THIS IS A BIG DEAL. JAVA JOE’S HAS CLOSED ITS LOCATION ON 4TH STREET, JUST NORTH OF COURT AVENUE, FOR GOOD. KCCI’S ANDREW MOLLENBECK IS THERE LIVE WITH SOME MEMORIES OF WHAT MADE THE PLACE SPECIAL. ANDREW: WE ARE JUSTN I FRONT OF THE JAVA JOE’S LOCATION, WHICH IS DARK AT THE MOMENT. PELEOP LOVE THE COFFEE, AND THE LATTES HERE WERE AMONG THE FIRST AVAILABLE IN DES MOINES. BUT THE WORD WE HEARD OVER AND OVER DAY WAS ATMOSPHE.ER ETH SIGN ON THE WINDOW SSAY, CHRIS: ANDREW: “CLOSEDOR F MAINTENANCE,” BUT THE LOCK ON THE DOOR WILL NOT REOPEN FOR JAVA JOE COFFEE CUSTOMERS AGAIN. A…



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