Hazel Coffee Co. swung open its doors at 2111 Packard St. in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, Nov. 5. The soft opening shifted the business from catering to a real shop. Co-owners Bryan Caragay and Hailey Polidori Caragay started running a coffee catering company back in 2020.
“The community around here has been the most supportive,” said Bryan Caragay, according to MLive. “We have had dozens of people yesterday and today just say how happy they are for us that we got through it and congratulating us.”
The 29-year-old co-owners launched their coffee business in Austin, Texas. Hailey Polidori Caragay drove around delivering orders door-to-door using one espresso machine. They moved to Ann Arbor in 2022 and switched to catering carts before deciding a permanent space made sense…