Our Story Discover
History
The Purple Perk Coffee Market was established in October of 2005. That’s almost two decades ago! My, how time flies. Well, actually, time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Mandate
Our Mandate is to provide a neighbourhood coffee experience to, well, the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood AND BEYOND!!! Whoosh!
Neighbourhood
Our neighbourhood is the historic Mission district of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It used to be the “French Section” and known as Rouleauville. It isn’t any more. Hardly anybody speaks French now, except for the French speakers.
Coffee
Our coffee is organic and Rainforest Alliance certified. Find out more about what that means here
. And find out less about what that means here (no, that’s not us, we’re exactly not like that!).
Food
All our food is made from scratch in our kitchen. We have 3 chefs, a baker and & a prep cook on hand to prepare your food! It makes for one crowded kitchen, let me tell you!
Containers
All our coffee cups and take-out trays are made from post-consumer recycled materials. That means they’re not pre-cycled, they’re re-cycled!
Owner
Paul is the only guy at the Perk who has two offices. His natural habitat is either lurking in the newish basement office or behind the glass door near the rear exit. (Except when he’s restocking the washrooms.) Either way, he’s still Paul!
Founders
PAUL
Paul runs the joint. And also has an unhealthy weakness for old BMW sedans.
KELLY
Kitcheneering was taught right alongside orienteering in Scouts. Which do you think stuck to the bottom of the pan?
SMITH
Smithing came naturally to young Smith. All of that experience with hot forges makes it easy to operate the Lasagnanator.
HARLEY
Learning to ride at a very young age helped Harley learn to cope with beans. We still don’t know why, but it helped.
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