New coffee shop at George Floyd Square holds grand opening
A new business is celebrating its grand opening this weekend in the area known as George Floyd Square in south Minneapolis.
Bichota is just steps away from 38th and Chicago and the owner says he has a vision for what this new coffee shop can bring to the community.
“We couldn’t imagine it anywhere else,” said owner C. Terrence Anderson. “I think coffee comes from black and brown communities around the equator, so we don’t typically see black and brown culture in coffee shops in the United States, so we wanted to reflect that here.”
Anderson hopes it can be an uplifting gathering place in an area that’s seen incredible trauma.
The coffee shop is right across the street from where George Floyd was murdered back in 2020.
Protestors blocked the roads to the intersection for more than a year, …