WHEN laundry folded, coffee percolated, and years later, it cooked up a book of decadent recipes called The Lucky Kitchen.
About 15 years ago, content creator and photographer Angie Batis Durrant, her husband Shane, and a friend were shooting the breeze at their flat in Ilovo, lamenting the lack of a great coffee hangout.
Across the road, they noticed a laundromat had closed, and after a casual “why not,” Angie and Shane decided to espresso their desire by opening a coffee shop.
That caffeine shot led to a few more eateries, all with quirky names. “We had four altogether at one point. It was Wolves, The Good Luck Club, Father Coffee and Mr. Big Stuff,” said Angie.
After years of early mornings in the kitchen, flour-dusted and bopping to music…
