A favorite White County hangout is expanding to Habersham. Cleveland-based Farmhouse Coffee is opening a new shop in Demorest. The coffeehouse is moving into the location currently occupied by Temperance House Coffee on Georgia Street.
Farmhouse Coffee owners, Stephen and Marilyn Martin, announced their business expansion last month on Facebook. They made that announcement official last night during a called Demorest City Council meeting.
The Martins attended the June 13 meeting to request an alcohol license for their new establishment. The Martins plan to move to Demorest to meet the license’s residency requirements.
The city council unanimously approved their license on condition that the registered agent named on the alcohol license be a resident of Habersham County.
“We are really looking forward to being able to expand and move to the Demorest area,” Stephen Martin told the council after the vote.
Martin explained that he had heard about a year and a half ago that there might be an opportunity to move to the Temperance House location.
“We just had our eye on this spot, being across from Piedmont, because we love the students,” he said.
The Martins are currently working on the inside of the new Farmhouse Coffee shop and are working with the health department on their application. They have not decided on an opening date but said they hope to have the Demorest location up and running by July 4th.
