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

This senseless act has angered me so much. The family who owns this and another location had managed to build the shop back only 10 months ago, after losing it during hurricane Helene in September 2024. We have been so very happy to have it back.

We're trying to see how to reach the owner, and try to do something for their employees.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/7b415144-2d06-4018-af6c-1899dd2a4e50/our-favorite-coffee-spot-high-five-on-the-french-broad-river-in-woodfin-nc-was-burned-down-this-morning-by-an-arsonist.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 12:11:41 GMTFri, 08 May 2026 01:45:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Sun, 10 May 2026 00:49:29 GMT]]>We visited one of the other 2 High Five locations here in 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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/czarbucks/statuses/116547529585812275https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/czarbucks/statuses/116547529585812275Sun, 10 May 2026 00:49:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:51:51 GMT]]>@czarbucks Unbelievable. So sad. For the owners, but also for the visitors. Shouldn't happen but it did. 😒

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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/czarbucks/statuses/116539214925129491https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/czarbucks/statuses/116539214925129491Fri, 08 May 2026 13:34:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:23:31 GMT]]>@czarbucks
Just awful. May they come back even stronger than ever. πŸ˜”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/deewani/statuses/116539169934023842https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/deewani/statuses/116539169934023842Fri, 08 May 2026 13:23:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:20:11 GMT]]>@czarbucks The need some people have to destroy things is mind boggling.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/ICareAboutTheWorld/statuses/116539156856543104https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/ICareAboutTheWorld/statuses/116539156856543104Fri, 08 May 2026 13:20:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 11:56:49 GMT]]>@sister_ratched

Thanks, it's so darned sad.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/czarbucks/statuses/116538829034319406https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/czarbucks/statuses/116538829034319406Fri, 08 May 2026 11:56:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 11:55:50 GMT]]>@jeridansky

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

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High Five Coffee has been a beloved part of Asheville for about 20 years, c… Dripolator Coffee needs your support for Help High Five Coffee Rebuild After Fire

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gofundme.com (www.gofundme.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/czarbucks/statuses/116538825152250047https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/czarbucks/statuses/116538825152250047Fri, 08 May 2026 11:55:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 11:33:51 GMT]]>@czarbucks πŸ’”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched/statuses/116538738733039105https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched/statuses/116538738733039105Fri, 08 May 2026 11:33:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 11:32:19 GMT]]>@czarbucks Bastards. 😑

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched/statuses/116538732700605739https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched/statuses/116538732700605739Fri, 08 May 2026 11:32:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 03:47:04 GMT]]>@czarbucks So sorry to hear that. 😒

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/CavedaleRhones/statuses/116536903256232306https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/CavedaleRhones/statuses/116536903256232306Fri, 08 May 2026 03:47:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 03:22:34 GMT]]>@czarbucks I'm so sorry to hear this. Kind of you to try to reach the owners and help the employees.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/cfmccarthy/statuses/116536806901815962https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/cfmccarthy/statuses/116536806901815962Fri, 08 May 2026 03:22:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 03:04:54 GMT]]>@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 πŸ’”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/firefly/statuses/116536737442449946https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/firefly/statuses/116536737442449946Fri, 08 May 2026 03:04:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 02:13:14 GMT]]>@czarbucks Heartbreaking

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shakedown.social/ap/users/115799631120681778/statuses/116536534262854233https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shakedown.social/ap/users/115799631120681778/statuses/116536534262854233Fri, 08 May 2026 02:13:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 02:06:16 GMT]]>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.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/czarbucks/statuses/116536506881861781https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/czarbucks/statuses/116536506881861781Fri, 08 May 2026 02:06:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 02:05:18 GMT]]>@czarbucks ugh, that's horrible ☹️

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/MsMerope/statuses/116536503088384622https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/MsMerope/statuses/116536503088384622Fri, 08 May 2026 02:05:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 02:02:48 GMT]]>@czarbucks
I just saw the reporting.

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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/BobHorowitz/statuses/116536493226158807https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/BobHorowitz/statuses/116536493226158807Fri, 08 May 2026 02:02:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 02:00:18 GMT]]>@kratzen

I was just wondering the exact same thing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/czarbucks/statuses/116536483411409722https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/czarbucks/statuses/116536483411409722Fri, 08 May 2026 02:00:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 01:56:22 GMT]]>@czarbucks Oh no. I hate reading this.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/BobHorowitz/statuses/116536467954771203https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/BobHorowitz/statuses/116536467954771203Fri, 08 May 2026 01:56:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 01:53:56 GMT]]>@czarbucks How horrible. I'm sorry for the owners, the employees, and you. If there's a fund to contribute to, please let me know.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/116536458359505942https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/116536458359505942Fri, 08 May 2026 01:53:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 01:51:14 GMT]]>@czarbucks

Heartbreaking and enraging πŸ’”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/JMMaok/statuses/116536447758582883https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/JMMaok/statuses/116536447758582883Fri, 08 May 2026 01:51:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Our favorite coffee spot, High Five on the French Broad River in Woodfin, NC, was burned down this morning by an arsonist. on Fri, 08 May 2026 01:47:18 GMT]]>@czarbucks@vmst.io Jesus thats terrible. Why can people be so cruel?
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