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Douglass Loop

Heine Brothers' Coffee started in 1992 as an espresso cart in an east Louisville grocery. We roasted our beans three pounds at a time in a coffee roaster the size of a large mailbox. Our idea was to sell the world's finest coffees fresh out of the roaster to others as passionate about outstanding coffee as we were. 

We also believed that our neighborhoods needed gathering places where people could meet friends or make new ones. Places where the atmosphere and the music and the coffee came together with people to create magic. The world needs magic.

The best part of our stores is the people. Our eclectic, creative and friendly staff is the real secret to our success. (And it’s really no secret!) After all, they are the folks that make your visits magical. And by encouraging their creativity and intelligence, they have become the beat, the pulse of each store’s life. Our baristas are also an important part of the Heine Brothers' experience.

Our loyal, interesting regulars include politicians, poets, skateboarders, priests, attorneys and artists. You might also see the high school girl who stops in every day after school, or her Mom, or her Grandfather. They're all here, helping create the magic.

Our first store opened at 1295 Bardstown Road in the Highlands in October 1994. We bought a new hot-air roaster that looked like a mutant furnace from hell. This roaster is still turning our green coffee into aromatic, brown gold. We slowly built a strong business that starts at 7 a.m. as people on their way to work begin to line up outside our doors.

Our Crescent Hill store opened at 2714 Frankfort Ave in August 1995. We've become a neighborhood tradition, as dependable as the trains that roll along the tracks across from our wooden-floored, tin-ceilinged store.

In November 1997 we opened our St. Matthews store at 119 Chenoweth Lane. It has become an oasis in the heart of St. Matthews. 

Our Douglass Loop store at 2200 Bardstown Road opened May 2000.  The Loop is an old trolley turn-around from many years ago and we have many wonderful and eclectic neighbors. Horton's Hardware, Graeter's Home
Made Ice Cream and Kinkos are a few of the other reasons to stop by.

We serve delicious Kizito Cookies and Muffins in all our stores.

We still search for the world's best tasting coffees, buy and roast them, and bring them to your neighborhood. Our coffee philosophy is simple - drink fabulous coffee fresh out of the roaster. We hope you agree. Thanks for coming, enjoy your cup and come back soon!