HONKERBEAN'S MEMORIES

Just having some honkin' fun memories...


Honkerbean's Coffee & Gelato opened in October 2005. Serving 100+ specialty drinks and over 70 flavors of gelato, we added sandwiched in March 2007. In February 2008, we sold to Keith Calipetro and he created an Italian heaven in our shop!


Since we sold the shop, we have hosted one employee CINNAMON ROLL DAY. We will do that again, folks, cuz it was just too much fun seeing all of you at one time again!













Lovingly called BOSSMAN


Serving customers was a value Michael pushed for...he'd always say, go the extra to delight the customer. Tristan was so focused on customer care that she would have drinks ready when they walked in based on seeing their car driving down the street from the stoplight.


Bryce and Emily serving customers



Jessica serving the boys, Will, Coen and Matt...just family, not customers!




The meeting room at Honkerbean's was a place of business and entertainment, meetings and parties. But the one common thread to it all was the great food and drink!

Vickie's 40th surprise birthday party in 2007 was done on a concert night. Serenaded in Frank Sinatra music, she paraded past all the customers and into a more intimate setting of the meeting room where friends and family awaited her. We served a mexican fiesta dinner and had cake and gelato for dessert.


Her arrival, accompanied by Bud Jenkins, our dad





Vickie's family at her party

Our family, taken in the meeting room

Lots of attendees: our parents, Nana Gayle, the Humphries, the Fridleys, the Stephens, the Juarezes, the Acups

Lindsey's 8th birthday party with DOG theme

They played musical chairs to "Who Let the Dogs Out"

They ate puppy chow and dogs in a blanket

Lindsey's 7th Chinese birthday party

Coen's 16th surprise party-nearly 50 attendees for another mexican feast!

Tristan and Wes were there

The Paxtons, the Gossells, Byron W, Cody C, Nathaniel and Noah W, Hailee and Jordan V to name a few!

Bible Quizzing all-night Study-A-Thons

hosted at Honkerbean's

(Pictured: Adam, Jordan, David, John, and Coen)

Mr. Honk's birthday

Jessica, Bryce and Garrett

Jordan and Coen

Garrett

Brad, Michael and very excited Colin

THE KITCHEN:

Adam

Tristan and Jess in the kitchen with the racks that held all those cinnamon rolls!

Kali, our kitchen and barista queen!

Anna baked some delicious scones and cakes!

John, joined us from Jersey Boyz staff when we added the sandwich menu

Julian Juarez, our manager after Jersey Boyz joined us

When he left to pursue bigger and better, I took over the job.

At that point, Michael had already started working for Embarq full time.

CONCERTS at Honkerbean's

We hosted jazz, country, rock, one man entertainment to full bands. All original music by these talented musicians.

Full parking lot during one of our many concerts

Alan Voss and his jazz band

GELATO PRODUCTION

Tristan headed up the gelato and was a one lady show

until she agreed to train Coen

Coen and Tristan became the best of buds

Gelato supplies

Pulling out a frozen yummy treat



Coen, what kind of trouble are you in now?

PARTIES OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN 4 WALLS

At the Ellis home for Christmas party

Sarah and Carter at the piano

Emy, Emily, Sarah, Emily, Coen at the party

RANDOM PHOTOS

Our everything guy, air conditioning, electrical...you name it,

Ed did it! Thanks Ed for all your help over the years!

Lyndsey

Jessica

Emily

Tristan

Sarah

The Lindsey/Lyndsey team decorating for Christmas

Bryce

Coen and Adam

Jessica and Bryce on Halloween

ABC's Good Morning America came to Lee's Summit

just around the corner from Honkerbean's.

We served coffee and hot cocoa.

This sign was made by Buck

and signed by Michael Blm..mf,fmsfm ??? Who can read it?