Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews had its soft opening last Friday, marking the opening of the newest coffee shop on Franklin Street.
Owner Jaime Sanchez said he and his wife Miranda decided to open Epilogue after a bookshop closed in downtown Chapel Hill.
“We felt like there was a big hole in downtown,” Sanchez said. “A bookshop creates this whole sense of community for the town so we decided to go forward and try to open our own bookstore.”
Sanchez emphasized that he and his wife wanted to bring in different aspects of their own cultures into Epilogue.
“Miranda is a writer by trade, so she was going to handle the book part of the deal,” Sanchez said. “I wanted to bring my culture, my Mexican culture, and that’s where the breads, the buñuelos and the churros come into play.”
According to the shop’s website, Epilogue is an independently owned Spanish-style chocolatería and bookstore focusing on creating a community in Chapel Hill.
“It is a place for people to gather, whether to cultivate new ideas, learn old ones or escape into the welcoming atmosphere that books, chocolate, beer and coffee all provide,” the Epilogue website said.
The store’s main focus is both on quality and community, so all of their brews are sourced locally. Carrboro Coffee Roasters provides Epilogue with coffee beans and bases for the teas, and Ponysaurus of Durham provides the beers on tap.
Epilogue wants its atmosphere to be calm to allow people to take a break from the chaos that life brings.
