Three Pines Coffee sets up shop at Gallivan.

• Author: Christensen, Lisa
• Position: Around Utah

Salt Lake City -- After making a name for themselves with their traveling espresso cart, the owners of THREE PINES COFFEE are brewing a permanent presence with a brick-and-mortar coffee shop.

"Our initial plan was five years down the road, maybe we'd open the shop," says co-owner Nick Price. "But the opportunity for this spot came up and we got this partnership with FROM SCRATCH, and we decided to just do it."

Three Pines Coffee opened Jan. 18 at 52 E. Gallivan Ave., adjacent to From Scratch, a restaurant with a locally-sourced menu already established in the area. Three Pines Coffee patrons can take a seat at the end of the From Scratch bar, or buy From Scratch pastries along with their coffee.

Last summer, Price and Three Pines' other co-owner, Meg Frampton, became a fixture outside LIBERTY HEIGHTS FRESH with their small espresso cart. The idea came from a coffee shop in Los Angeles, where the pair--both Utah natives--lived before coming back to the Beehive State. Price worked for Handsome Coffee Roasters, manning a traveling espresso cart as a "Handsome Dude," and wanted to bring the idea back home.

After the cart started gaining a following at Liberty Heights Fresh, Price and Frampton planned to save up for the capital over the next few years for a permanent coffee shop. The opportunity to move in next to From Scratch caught them a little off-guard, he says, but they couldn't pass it up, especially with the...