Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist.

[czarbucks@vmst.io]

@kratzen

I was just wondering the exact same thing.

[bobhorowitz@sfba.social]

@czarbucks
I just saw the reporting.

Man charged with starting fire that destroyed High Five Coffee shop in Woodfin https://share.google/Hzb2nFgAr2PFpYKLA

[msmerope@sfba.social]

@czarbucks ugh, that's horrible ️

[czarbucks@vmst.io]

A couple of shots of High Five.

We've been taking bags of dog treats and a toy each time we visited for about a month, as since this is Asheville, the baristas usually have their dogs there, and so do many customers.

It's where I dropped off the packages of Ice Alert whistles I'd put together for 2-3 months.

I can't believe it's gone again.

[aburtch@shakedown.social]

@czarbucks Heartbreaking

[firefly@m.ai6yr.org]

@czarbucks
This is horrible. The poor owners! I read the article and saw they’d just rebuilt. I remember your previous posts about how much you liked this spot

[cfmccarthy@mstdn.social]

@czarbucks I'm so sorry to hear this. Kind of you to try to reach the owners and help the employees.

[cavedalerhones@sfba.social]

@czarbucks So sorry to hear that.

[sister_ratched@toot.community]

@czarbucks Bastards.

[sister_ratched@toot.community]

@czarbucks

[czarbucks@vmst.io]

@jeridansky

Found the gofundme, will try to find out this morning if it is real.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-high-five-coffee-rebuild-after-fire?attribution_id=sl:e0366b50-d090-4609-917e-cc03229a2133&lang=en_US&ts=1778196348&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_control-amp20_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

[czarbucks@vmst.io]

@sister_ratched

Thanks, it's so darned sad.

[icareabouttheworld@mas.to]

@czarbucks The need some people have to destroy things is mind boggling.

[deewani@mastodon.social]

@czarbucks
Just awful. May they come back even stronger than ever.

[czarbucks@vmst.io]

@deewani

Thank you, these poor people! I truly hope they manage it... again.

[saarmuller@mastodon.social]

@czarbucks Unbelievable. So sad. For the owners, but also for the visitors. Shouldn't happen but it did.

[czarbucks@vmst.io]

We visited one of the other 2 High Five #Coffee locations here in #Asheville today. The Man spoke to a barista he recognized from the river location (and who recognized him as well.) The fellow said they're all getting shifts at the 2 remaining cafe's and that they will definitely rebuild.

He also said the owner was thinking about bringing in a coffee truck there in the meantime, which we enthusiastically supported.

The Man gave him a large tip, and told him we'd supported them via the GoFundMe, and we hoped they'd be ok in the meantime.

So, hope for all, I guess.

#Arson