Onyx Coffee Lab- Andrea Allen

On this week’s Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast, we sit down with Onyx Co-Owner Andrea Allen at the new Onyx in downtown Springdale, but first?!?

FOOD NEWS!!

• It’s Tontitown Grape Festival Week! We’ll tell you when you can get those famous spaghetti dinners!
• An update about Wright’s Barbecue’s Johnson location from Jordan Wright himself!
• We have a BIG update on the Fermentary Public House in Lowell!
• A popular cafein Devil’s Den is temporarily closed.
• It’s finally that time for Nomad’s Southtown.
• Great Harvest is about to open in Bentonville.
• The Barber Bar in Bentonville is making big progress and might open this month!

Coffee has been a passion for Onyx owners Jon and Andrea Allen for a long time. They worked together at Arsaga’s in Fayetteville not even having an inkling of what they would build together. Andrea would eventually manage a few Arsaga’s coffee shops, where she would learn the business side of the trade, and then she and Jon would get an offer that they just couldn’t refuse.

That’s when Onyx was born. Speaking of Onyx, Andrea will tell us about the name and why it fit what they were building. Also, you’ll hear her talk about their growth through the years and what’s coming. She’ll also tell the story of why their cafe Hail Fellow Well Met has such a special place in her heart. It’s a great story. Also a great story? How hospitality runs deep in her family. She’s got a few stories about that, and you’ll hear them here, on the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas.