I (Michelle) worked as a barista in Atlanta before starting business school. I wasn’t great, but the craft and the community stuck with me. Though a corporate marketing career was in my near future, I knew the coffee industry also had a place. I left Atlanta with a lil boo thang, my now wife Victoria, and a fixation on the word “Bonhomie”. It means “cheerful friendliness” but looks like “Good Homie”, and sounds like “Bon Zanmi" which means good friend in Haitian Creole.

Many years later, when Haitian inspired cafe drinks started taking over our Seattle kitchen, friends and strangers on the internet wanted to get in on the action. We began brewing Haitian coffee and developing drinks and flavors inspired by Haitian cuisine: kremas syrup, Haitian mocha sauce, spiced cold brew, and our take on kafe ak lèt. We turned this excitement into Bonhomie Coffee Bar, a space for lovers of coffee and culture to gather with bon moun.

PROUDLY A BLACK, QUEER, & WOMAN OWNED COFFEE BAR