Coffee at the Point in Five Points Closes Temporarily

Ryan Cobbins has decided to temporarily close Coffee at the Point, a business he opened nearly twelve years ago at 710 East 26th Avenue, and “67 percent of it has to do with Matthew Burkett and this lawsuit,” he says. “My first message to Matthew is: Tell me what you want.”

Coffee at the Point is one of eight Five Points businesses that have been sued by Burkett, a turn of events that has been hard both professionally and personally for Cobbins, who says that he “idolized” the developer behind the FlyFisher Group.

A few years ago, the FlyFisher Group began buying up properties in the historic Black neighborhood and Burkett launched a food and beverage company called Pure Hospitality that Cobbins was hired to lead; the moves were touted as positive developments for the area. Pure…