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The Bottom Line Coffee House at 4474 3rd St. in Detroit's Midtown has turned to a crowdfunding campaign to stay alive, reports Eater Detroit.
“We’re sustaining ourselves. We’re essentially current on everything and we’ve repaid all of our loans,” manager and partner Noura Balout tells Brenna Houck of Eater Detroit.
The campaign page says:
At this moment, we have reached an obstacle in our journey and we need the help of our community. Although our business operations are stable, we are facing an old debt (from a previous management team) that could close our doors forever. The total debt is $12,000, and we are trying to raise $8,000 of it by Jan. 31. All donations will go toward keeping our doors open.
As of Monday morning, the shop had raised $4,960.
The business describes itself this way:
The Bottom Line is more than a coffee shop. It is an art space that preserves the creative spirit of old Detroit, while pushing the boundaries of what "New Detroit" is. It is a community-based space, a queer space, a safe space for people of color and queer people of color; it is home away from home.
The Bottom Line is a one of the few black-owned coffee shops in the city of Detroit, and is the only trans-owned coffee shop in the city. We came together to build a community over coffee. Our guiding principle has been to give back to and support the same people who support us.
