5/5 Shannon H. 1 year ago on Google
I’m
a
small
cafe
owner
who
discovered
Plowshares’
Harlem
cafe
while
my
husband
andI
had
to
take
“forced”
time
off
to
come
to
the
city
for
cancer
treatment.
The
pandemic
wreaked
it’s
havoc
on
us,
mentally,
spiritually,
and
physically
as
we
worked
to
feed
our
family
and
community
during
such
a
painful
time.
We
fell
in
love
with
Plowshares’
consistently
high
quality,
the
kindness
of
the
service,
the
compassion
of
the
owner
who
was
never
too
proud
to
personally
serve
us.
As
I
signed
on
to
write
this
review,
I
saw
what
was
written
recently
by
thelifeofnay,
berating
the
owner
for
asking
them
to
purchase
something
from
the
cafe
if
they
were
going
to
use
the
space.
That
someone
would
write
something
so
selfish
about
a
small
business
working
to
make
payroll
and
cover
the
overhead
is
just,
well,
shocking.
Plowshares
is
safe,
warm,
bright,
welcoming
and
serves
the
highest
quality
coffee
in
the
entire
city
(With
all
our
weeks
of
cancer
treatment,
I
believe
I’ve
tried
them
all.).
This
cannot
be
achieved
by
the
owner
alone.
Maintaining
a
space
as
magical
as
Plowshares
is
a
community
effort.
The
owners
must
be
supported
by
the
public.
Your
presence
as
a
Plowshares
customer,
and
your
willingness
to
pay
them
for
keeping
the
heat
and
the
lights
on,
for
navigating
the
safety
issues
through
hard
times,
for
standing
long
hours
and
going
home
with
pain
in
their
bodies
after
a
hard
day’s
work,
and
for
sourcing
the
highest
quality
food
for
you,
is
what
keeps
them
there,
and
keeps
that
beautiful
space
available
for
everyone.
Please
remember
that
we
small
business
owners
don’t
do
this
to
get
rich.
We
do
this
because
we
want
to
bring
something
beautiful
to
our
communities.
I
beg
of
you
not
to
begrudge
a
fellow
business
owner
who
simply
asks
you
to
do
more
than
camp
out
in
their
establishment,
using
their
bathroom
and
their
wifi
and
the
seats
they
need
for
paying
customers.
Please
help
them
stay
in
business.
Kudos
to
the
owner
for
stepping
forward
and
asking
you
to
do
your
part.
Too
many
of
us
small
business
owners
are
too
embarrassed
and
shy
to
let
you
know
what
we
need.
Instead,
we
just
go
out
of
business
and
disappear.
Thank
you,
Plowshares,
for
your
bravery
to
assert
what
we
all
need
to
do
in
this
line
of
work
to
stay
afloat.
If
TheLifeofnay
needs
a
warm
place
to
sit
down,
with
a
clean
bathroom,
wifi
and
room
to
work,
and
they
don’t
wish
to
spend
money,
there
are
a
number
of
NYPL
branches
throughout
the
area.
They
are
fabulous!
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