The Dancing Goats® Coffee Bar opened its 10th location in the Point Ruston Public Market in December 2020. Tacoma residents and visitors are now enjoying a great coffee house named after a sweet legend.
The Dancing Goats® legend says that in the remote highlands of ninth century Abyssinia, now Ethiopia, a lone goat herder named Kaldi noticed his goats were full of energy, dancing and prancing after eating a small, red fruit from a nearby shrub. Not wishing to be left out of the fun, he ate the cherries and soon he was dancing too. Kaldi and his goats had discovered coffee!
According to the Operations Director for Dancing Goats® Coffee Bar, Aaron Shively, “Coffee is our priority. Fostering relationships with coffee producers is at the core of everything we do.” The buyer for Batdorf & Bronson, Dancing Goats’® parent company from Olympia, visits coffee farmers around the world multiple times a year. These visits cultivate long-lasting relationships and ensure the fabled Dancing Goats® blend continues to make its mark at bars, cafés and restaurants across the country.
The Dancing Goats® blend is the house espresso of choice for the most recent Public Market location. Unlike many other coffee blends, it brews well as espresso, drip or any way you want to brew it up. Baristas at Dancing Goats® Coffee Bars strive to give customers the highest-level coffee as well as service. “We want our customers to have a great first experience and come back time and again,” said Shively.
“One of our favorite tag lines is taste our coffee and meet our people,” said Retail Operations Manager Krista Bentow. “We encourage our people to provide outstanding customer service in an approachable, down-to-earth way; not as a coffee snob or a purist.”
Dancing Goats® Coffee Bar is located just inside the main entrance to the Ruston Public Market. During the summer months, watch for the roll up doors on the north side to be open for walk-up orders in the outdoor seating area.
Dancing Goats® Coffee Bar
Ruston Public Market
253.433.7926
dancinggoats.com
BY ANDREA LERUM