ASHEVILLE – Brad Turner, also known as “The Space Cowboy,” often wearing a cowboy hat, is wrangling up his coffee roasts and his space-themed drive-thru coffee shop to blast off to a new location in West Asheville.
This spring, the space-themed Earthling Coffee and Espresso is relocating from 867 Smokey Park Highway in Candler to 1110 Patton Ave., formerly a granite supply business.
The addresses may be only about four miles apart, but Turner believes the new homebase will make a world of difference for the business and city. Earthling Coffee and Espresso will be among a long stretch of commercial businesses, with corporate chains playing a dominant role…