George Howell uses a Chemex to brew a pot at his Acton headquarters. He’s aiming to put his skills to work in a flagshop shop in the Boston area.
The man who launched a gourmet coffee revolution in Greater Boston with the Coffee Connection in the 1970s is brewing a comeback.
George Howell, who later sold his two-dozen cafes to Seattle-based Starbucks Corp. (Nasdaq: SBUX), has opened George Howell Coffee, a 700-square-foot cafe in Newtonville around the corner from a Starbucks shop and across the street from the Bread Chocolate Bakery Cafe. But this is just the start. The 68-year-old coffee connoisseur is looking for a flagship space in downtown Boston, Cambridge or Somerville.
“I thought we had a deal on the ground floor of a really expensive …
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