About the Stone's Throw Café It started as a fleeting thought. Soon we had the courage to put our idea into words and tell our family and friends our plan to kiss our meager but regular paycheques goodbye. We met in Jasper where we worked many and various jobs to stay afloat. In a tourist town there is little job security and employees are a dime a dozen, so after 19 combined years there, we weren't sorry to say goodbye. All we needed was the perfect mountain town where we could carve out our own niche making fantastic coffee and even better food. We settled happily on the Crowsnest Pass, a smattering of small towns (Frank, Hillcrest, Bellevue, Blairmore and Coleman) each alive with history, looking towards promising futures and surrounded by the ever impressive Rocky Mountains. Our new jobs began on October 1, 2003 when we began to dismantle what had been a jewelry store on Blairmore's main street for many years and turn it into a cafe. 35 days later, after hammering nails, drywalling, laying a new floor and countless other fun tasks, Stone's Throw Cafe opened. After 3 years and an expired lease, we moved to a new location in the same block with room to grow, and found ourselves hammering more nails, drywalling some more and laying yet another floor, all while one of us was 7 months pregnant! It's been 3 years since then and we are going strong. In the early days we knew we'd come to a great place, and 6 years later we still feel the love. The people here are friendly and supportive and have watched with us while our business and family grows. Regular customers have become good friends. We are happy to work hard and contribute to the community we love. We take a day off each week to retain our sanity by relaxing and getting outside. If you need directions or an idea of where to hike or bike in the Crowsnest Pass, stop in and we'll be happy to send you off somewhere fantastic. Just don't come on a Monday!
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