The Daily Grind is a small, independent coffee shop and diner owned by Moose Holt and his wife Mary. It is located on the main street, in an old building dating back to the late 1860s, when the city, then a village, was rebuilt after being burnt to the ground by General John McPherson during the Civil War.
The two-story brick building has always been a place of business, starting out as a general Mercantile. It has wide front windows, trimmed in white limestone. The one to the left of the entry is wavy, being the original glass, as are the large side windows. The building is bright and sunny, because originally the only daytime illumination inside was from the sun.
Many of the historic features survive, such as entry mosaic tile from the 'teens, displaying a mortar and pestle from one of the building's incarnations as a pharmacy, the ornate pressed tin ceiling it's worn since it was built along with the original marble-topped oak counters, and a couple of glass cases once used for displaying thread and tobacco, but now holding bags of custom blends, boxes of tea, and the smaller paraphernalia related to both obsessions. The pride of the place though is the antique commercial coffee-mill that was once a fixture in Stone Mountain's first-- and long gone-- grocery.
The upstairs is used for storage and office space. Mary has her baking kitchen in the back, which ensures that even human noses are lured to the establishment from halfway down the block.
The two-story brick building has always been a place of business, starting out as a general Mercantile. It has wide front windows, trimmed in white limestone. The one to the left of the entry is wavy, being the original glass, as are the large side windows. The building is bright and sunny, because originally the only daytime illumination inside was from the sun.
Many of the historic features survive, such as entry mosaic tile from the 'teens, displaying a mortar and pestle from one of the building's incarnations as a pharmacy, the ornate pressed tin ceiling it's worn since it was built along with the original marble-topped oak counters, and a couple of glass cases once used for displaying thread and tobacco, but now holding bags of custom blends, boxes of tea, and the smaller paraphernalia related to both obsessions. The pride of the place though is the antique commercial coffee-mill that was once a fixture in Stone Mountain's first-- and long gone-- grocery.
The upstairs is used for storage and office space. Mary has her baking kitchen in the back, which ensures that even human noses are lured to the establishment from halfway down the block.