In for the long grind on Maylor Street in Cork

Finishing touches, and staff training among a multi-national barista workforce were in full swing on Cork’s rejuvenating Maylor Street yesterday in the run-up to the opening of a sizeable new cafe/coffee shop, Warren Allen Coffee, set to employ up to 15 when it officially opens its doors next Monday.

It’s a new venture by youthful businessman and barista Sean Kennedy, who started in Bandon, West Cork, adding a cafe element to a family-run gift shop, trading as Warren Allen, on Main Street and online.

Warren Allen was set up nine years ago in Bandon by third-generation retailer Jacinta Kennedy, who relocated her business to a larger Bandon premises several years ago, where son Sean added a cafe/coffee shop.