Common Grounds Espresso - Anchorage, AK

Michelle and Tyler buy a building and work hard to prepare it for
business. Many long nights and much help from family and friends..

-Opening week at Common Grounds July 2003-

...and Common Grounds Espresso Tudor is open for business.

Time Flies
After three great years it's time to step it up and open
a second window for full time drive thru service.

-2006 Three Year Anniversary-

-Maintenance and Reposition-

-2008 Five Year Anniversary-

It's tough in Alaska.

When the snow banks pile higher
than the shop you either dig out or
get lost in the blizzard.

Common Grounds goes blue.
Stepping out from the backdrop
while still coordinating colors with
our neighbor The Alaska Club.

An opportunity to expand
Common Grounds Old Seward is acquired, fixed up and put to work.

-September 2008-

Bull's Eye
Common Grounds Old Seward is obliterated by a drunk driver around 4am. Thankfully no one was inside.

- January 2009 -

Rise to the challenge
Found a building, wheeled it in, gave it a Common Grounds make over and got back to making coffee; all in the seven
days we projected - with the help of Our Awesome Customers - State Farm - Sheldon Electric - Broadway Signs - JW
Builders - APD - KTUU - Action Security - Demo Guys - Dave the Water Guy - Friends - Family - Customers - Crew

- January 2009 -

"The sign"

Business as usual
Thank you Anchorage for taking such good care of us. We Love You!

The scoop from KTUU Channel 2

Common Grounds on Dimond Boulevard
Espress Yourself Coffee is one of the original Anchorage coffee shops. It had a great name and look but it has been in
place for many years and was ready for an overhaul. We put in some long hours and a lot of love, we had great help
from our family, crew, customers, business associates and the bank (thanks FNBA for coming through for us during
the recession) We would especially like to thank the many customers that stuck with us through the changes we made.

- October 2010 -