at 1555 Blake Street, LoDo was very different than it is today. In 2013, weed was on its way to being legalized and Union Station hadn’t yet reopened — two key changes that brought tourists downtown and through Little Owl’s doors.
A decade in, Forey Carrêlo still feels excited about specialty coffee. “I was in a job I truly hated and thought, if I can do something that’s this exciting as a job, there really couldn’t be anything better,” she says. With the tasks of running the business divided among three owners, Forey Carrêlo primarily focuses her efforts on human resources, including training new employees and bookkeeping. Sinon's expertise is in retail, and Wall sources and roasts coffee. But all three are equally invested in decision making for the cafe and they have worked together long enough to all be on the same page when it comes to the vision they have for Little Owl.
At the onset of the pandemic, they threw themselves into survival mode. Wall began making doughnuts, which eventually led to opening a bakery called Owlette, which has since closed. "It was terrible for us in that it created an ungodly amount of work, but it created work and jobs for other folks. That was our mantra— how do we keep people employed and bring people into the fold? We were able to do that because we’re really scrappy and we are tiny.
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