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CANDLE-MAKING AT NEW RETAIL CAFÉ
BLUECORN BEESWAX Words by Gus Jarvis | Photos courtesy of Bluecorn Beeswax
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hen he looks across the factory floor
explains. “I’ve dreamed about creating that
as the day’s bustle of candle-making
space, and I think we pulled it off.”
processes ramp up, he sees customers talking
Located at 1842 S. Townsend Ave. in
over cups of coffee. Some are having a bite to
Montrose, the building that once housed the
eat. The sound of the barista’s coffee grinder
Furniture Connection is now the headquarters
mixes in with their conversations. The space
of Bluecorn Beeswax. The beautifully renovated
is big, yet cozy. It’s industrious and chill. It’s a
building provides the factory space needed to
scene Bluecorn Beeswax founder Jon Kornbluh
manufacture the company’s successful line of
dreamed of creating.
beeswax candles and simple living products. It
“I have always paid attention to and
also provides a relaxed setting for the Bluecorn
appreciated great spaces, whether they are retail
Café & Mercantile, where one can sip a specialty
stores, coffee shops or restaurants,” Kornbluh
coffee drink and enjoy a breakfast burrito or a
