New York City (WABC) – For a coffee shop owner in Brooklyn, a call for help on social media turned into a heartbreaking mission to save his community’s business.
Raheel Navas is a co -owner of Badiz Coffee, one of the few and the latest coffee shops owned by Puerto Rican in Williamsburg.
Nevis told Chash Kasha News that his dream began with a $ 2,000 and coffee basket before opening and setting his brick and mortar shop on Grand Street. The owner of the coffee shop says that when she heard about the potential increase of rent and the softness of the neighborhood, she was considering the possibility of extending her business to another place.
“This is just my hard work, and today I have only found the word that I may not be on the same lease because of the rise in rent, which is a reality for many people.” Emotional video Posted on Taktok. “But not just that, at my next door, they’re putting coffee shop, and I don’t know if I feel like crying and complaining like this, but it seems that you can’t just win.”
Not only do this video get millions of ideas, but the message of the novice echoed with numerous people across the country. Just a day after he posts the video, Nevis says that a crowd of people began to queue to sip Badiz coffee and support its small business, including celebrities like Jonas.
“They were waiting in the line, and they brought music and they brought the whole party in,” said Navis. Many people shared that Williamsburg saw and it seemed as if it was. “
In terms of the meaning of Budes Coffee’s name, Nevis says it was a word that is often used by his colleague Taylor Nuruki, which helps to run a business.
“Taylor Skats, so that’s it, ‘oh, I’m going to meet my friends.’ As this is a word he always used and he just clicked, “he said.
Nevis said she was afraid of a possible response after posting her video initially, even call her friends to ask her if she thinks she has made a mistake. She says she was not trying to get anything, but was sharing a glimpse of reality, whether good or bad, whether she likes to run a small business.
He said, “I just felt as if it was necessary to share a raw moment because I was posting my day in my life as if to open a coffee shop.”
Finally, Nevis says that this viral social media has never lost its election message and that it is okay to express your emotions and be real.
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