"Half Price Books asked us to open a shop there," Hubertus said. Then they opened the bookstore portion of the business in the summer of '99. Hubertus and his brother Adrian Winnubst opened Henk's European Deli &īlack Forest Bakery in February 1991.
The coffee's good, and very drinkable, but tastes more like a "mild" than a "medium." A bit of cream and sugar made the brew a better pairing with the pastries - like the amazingly gooey apple strudel. Styrofoam cup, which is pretty hard to beat. The brew served inside Henk's is a "medium roast of 100 percent Arabica beans," but that was all the information Roasted managed to get from co-owner Hubertus Winnubst when asked about the coffee. It seems that Henk's and Black Forest Coffee both retain loyal customers who keep coming back for the German food (in the restaurant only), deli sandwiches, fresh-baked pastries and cakes, and, yeah, the coffee.īut, while many of the the same food and baked goods are served at the two Black Forest locations, the coffee is where their paths diverge. But, clearly, the drive-thru was popular, so we wondered how having the Starbucks across the street had affected Henk's and Black Forest Coffee. Roasted couldn't help but think we got faster service. The parking lot was packed and the drive-thru line was six cars deep. With lightening-fast speed, the gentleman working the register rang me up for a cup and shot off to the other side of the restaurant, returning with a Styrofoam of steaming hot, fresh-brewed coffee.Īnd, as Roasted pulled out of Henk's and onto Northwest Highway, we drove past a Starbucks Coffee across the street from the bookstore. Roasted asked the cashier if the restaurant/bakery, who also runs Black Forest Coffee in the Half Price Books across the street, serves coffee to go. That's when the aroma of fresh-brewed coffee hit Roasted's nose. So, instead of grabbing a table, we picked out a few delicacies from the pastry case and headed to the cash register up front. It was just after 9, and the tables in the quaint restaurant/bakery/deli and European market were packed with folks grazing on plates of eggs and waffles.īut, on Saturday, Roasted was in a hurry and we just wanted some pastries. After an early pre-breakfast trip on Saturday to the behemoth that is Northwest Highway Half Price Books, Roasted couldn't resist walking across the street to Henk's European Deli & Black Forest Bakery.
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