Fairfield, Conn. – The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce is happy to announce that its new member, Vinyl Street Cafe, has scheduled its official ribbon cutting for July 22nd, at 5PM.
The owner, Joshua Wright, has a great appreciation for music and coffee. Josh was a manager at the Westport Starbucks in the 90s, and developed his interest, taste and love (I deleted barista skills) for coffee during that time. And as an avid music listener, he always appreciated the warm sound that vinyl produced.
So as the story progresses, and as most local record stores started to close, Josh began selling vinyl online with the thought of opening a physical location at some point. As online sales continued to grow, he realized that there was a demand for records.
After moving with his family to Fairfield in August 2015, he thought Fairfield was the perfect location to open his music cafe. He added coffee to the business plan, and decided to open Vinyl Street Café on the Post Road, as a casual café style, listening lounge.
VSC will sell both new and used vinyl records from many genres of music. Other products include CD’s, cassettes, dvd’s, turntables and more. In the listening lounge, clients can test out turntables and equipment, as well as listen to certain records prior to purchase.
Vinyl Street Café offers a wide variety of music in the indie, urban and mainstream space, carrying both new and used vinyl records, CD’s and record players. Artists like the: Beatles, Talking Heads, Queen, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Sam Cook, Thelonious Monk, just to name a few, can all be found in the store.
For now, the “Café” is in its infancy, with only a self-serve coffee bar in the listening lounge, but the owner has a bigger vision for the future.
The ribbon cutting will begin promptly at 5PM, with First Selectman Michael Tetreau, and everyone is invited to attend the ceremony, to welcome and help celebrate their official ribbon cutting.
Event: Ribbon Cutting
Date: Friday, July 22nd
Time: 5PM
Location: Vinyl Street Cafe
Address: 1895 Post Road, Suite C, Fairfield, CT