In this week's Roaming St. Louis segment, KMOX host Scott Jagow got a hankering for a cappuccino. He satisfied his craving at the Proving Ground cafe in Columbia, Ill.
The owner is 22-year-old Jacob Gonzalez, who bought the shop when he was 18 and has seen it through the pandemic. Jake and Scott chat about being a young business mind, the art of coffee roasting and the shop's to-die-for drunken monkey pancakes, among other things. Listen below.
The cappuccino tastes as good as it looks at Proving Ground coffee shop in Columbia, Ill.Scott Jagow
Gonzalez pays his workers a minimum of $15 an hour and provides other incentives for them to stay with Proving GroundScott Jagow
Proving Ground Cafe is located at 180 Columbia Centre Dr. in Columbia, Ill.Scott Jagow
