Bitty & Beau’s, the coffee shop chain in the Vista that focuses on employing workers with intellectual disabilities, has closed its doors. The husband and wife duo that operate the shop have a new concept in mind.
A little more than a year after opening at 1001 Gervais St. in May 2024, franchisees Brandon and Ashley Abbott announced on social media that they were closing the coffee shop for renovations and a rebrand. The couple plans to open Shiloh Trading Company, a bistro and mercantile with items created and sold by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
“This is step one of a multi-phase project that is Shiloh Communities, which is a family of companies all designed to help the disability community,” Brandon Abbott said in a video posted to social media Dec. 17…