Chantal and Mike are a truly dynamic duo, one with a dream of starting a boutique coffee shop and the other with a zeal for eco-tiny house building. When these unique passions were combined to create Le Bon cafe, a wonderful and rare work of functional art was the result.
We first met Le Bon Cafe at the Tiny House Street Festival in Pink Hill, North Carolina where they were getting a huge amount of attention. At night, their stunningly crafted cafe lights up and becomes an alluring sight. Later we travelled to their hometown of Asheville, NC to find out more about the cafe and it’s construction as well as Mike’s tiny house company, Rolling Roots.
Impressively, the tiny coffee shop was actually created using about 75% recycled materials. The sustainability story of the tiny house is incredibly important to both Chantal and Mike, who are avid environmental activists and who aside from running a cafe and tiny house building company are also behind the Bolivian Amazon Land Trust Alliance. Naturally, all the produce from the cafe is sustainably sourced and organic wherever possible. Le Bon offers discounts on coffee to people who bring their own re-usable cups and the cafe is even towed around using a truck which runs on used vegetable oil.
Although the cafe is based in Asheville, it frequently travels to events outside of the area. One of the major benefits to owning a business on wheels is that it can easily be moved to where the people are and Le Bon can always find itself in the heart of the action. There’s no question that the design of the shop turns some heads wherever it goes.
Inside the tiny house is the workings of a fully functional cafe. The layout is well designed to allow for service on both sides of the cafe and fast efficient workflow inside.
Mike and Chantal are an inspiring couple and together are doing some incredible things in the world, from saving the rain forrest and it’s creatures, to building tiny houses and making sure people have a very good cup of coffee.
Source: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/incredible-tiny-house-cafe-true-work-art/
I LOVE that it was created using recycled materials. Wishing them all the best with this idea!!
Ingenious! I cannot understand why this couple decided to go with the land investments in Brazil! 🤔 Oh well!💕☕️☕️
What great ideas. I hadn’t considered tiny houses for tiny workplaces.
A what fascinating couple to come up with this ingenious idea! … Life is big in so many loving, small and giving ways…❤️
I love it! Little Hobbit Houses!
Thank you Roth fo visiting and commenting. They are a charm.❤️👍
You are welcome!
So cute, and such a great idea! Sher
A big thank you, Roadtirement for visiting, liking and following AmericaOnCoffee.Best loving regards! ☕️☕️☕️☕️🎶
Adorable. Looks like a “Hobbit” 🍀 Coffee shop! ❤️
Many thanks! I want my own, customized for parks, mountains and beaches. ☕️☕️😊👍
Wow! My mind is blown, my coffee friend. Le Bon Cafe is amazing, and I love that they have a vegetable oil run truck. Love, love this post!!! 💋
Thank you for stopping by and reading Yes…They are soOO environmentally conscious and innovative! Green Beer Cheers dear friend!🍺🍀💚🌈
Cheers, baby!🍻
My! The idea, the fuel, the own-reusable cup discount.. I love everything about it! >-I
Thank you for your visit and for your reflection on this amazing environmentally conscious innovation! Cheers to your day and a great cup of coffee!💕☕️
Love the story and pictures!! Hope all is well with you….thanks for sharing!
Thank you and happy Thursday Kirt! It is cold, snowing and raining all over. Stay warm and virus free!
Spent last weekend in Seattle, back in LA and I think we brought the rain down with us….but I love the rain!! (Snow brings to many memories of shoveling long driveway the years we lived in Denver) :)
I used to be seasonal preferring Summer over others. Then began to love Spring, next I loved Autumn but now I have no loving preference for any of them. Winter is definitely not my cup of coffee, although coffee during the Winter is so comforting. Cheers!💕☕️☕️
Such an inspiring story! I wish them all the best and will raise my cup of coffee to them any day! Thank you so much for sharing!
I agree. Thank you for your visit and comment parkermccoy. Cheers to the raisings of coffee cups, and to a wonderful New Year!☕️😎☕️
This is a great idea – :)
Thanks kindly Prior!💕❤️
wishing you and yours a great year and eager to follow along with the coffee and the music at AOC this year
Ditto Harley! Bikes and coffee are a team follow! Cheers for our New Year!!