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>> WE ALL THREE OF US ARE OWNERS
OF THE HARLEM HOPS
>> Reporter: THAT’S WHAT KIM
HARRIS, KEVIN BRADFORD PROMISED
TO PATRONS WHEN THEY LAUNCHED
TWO YEARS AGO.
YOU ARE THE FIRST 100% BLACK
OWNED CRAFT BAR IN HARLEM.
>> YES
>> WHEN WE FIRST OPENED OUR
DOORS, IT WAS OVERWHELMING
>> Reporter: KIM WAS FIRST TO
IMAGINE BRINGING THIS
ESTABLISHMENT TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SHE WAS BORN AND
RAISED
WHAT REALLY GAVE YOU THE
CONFIDENCE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
>> THERE WAS REALLY NO PLACE IN
HARLEM WHERE I COULD GET REALLY
GOOD ESPECIALLY LOCAL CRAFT
BEER
AND BECAUSE I’D ALREADY WANTED
TO OPEN UP A RESTAURANT OR A
BAR, I JUST HAD A CONNECTION
THAT MADE ME THINK TO TRY TO
OPEN UP A BEER BAR
>> Reporter: SHE EVENT PLANNER
WROTE HER BUSINESS PLAN AND IN
2016 A RESTAURANT CONSULTANT
INTRODUCED KIM TO KEVIN.
ASPIRING ENTREPRENEUR, MATH
TEACHER, AND FAN OF A GOOD BREW.
KEVIN, WHAT IS IT ABOUT CRAFT
BEER
>> ITS FRESHNESS
YEAH
IT’S GOOD.
>> Reporter: THEN KIM INVITED
STACEY, ANOTHER EVENT PLANNER
SHE HAD WORKED WITH TO INVEST.
>> WE A ALL HAD DIFFERENT SKILL
SETS
BUT THOSE DIFFERENCES HAVE COME
TOGETHER TO ALLOW US TO MAKE A
VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
>> Reporter: THEY BONDED NOT
ONLY BY BEER BUT ALSO WITH THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT ALL OF THEM HAD
GRADUATED FROM HISTORICALLY
BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES
>> I ATTENDED CLARKE ATLANTA
UNIVERSITY
>> I AM IS GRADUATE OF HAMPTON
UNIVERSITY
>> I AM A CONGRATULATE OF THE
CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
>> IT WAS JUST A MATCH MADE IN
HEAVEN
>> Reporter: STACEY, HOW WOULD
YOU DESCRIBE THE VIBE YOU WANT
TO ACHIEVE WHEN PEOPLE WALK
THROUGH THE DOOR
>> HONESTLY IT FEELS LIKE CHEERS
WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME.
BLACK AND BROWN KIDS CAN WALK BY
AND LOOK AT US AND SAY, WOW.
I CAN DO THAT TOO.
>> Reporter: YOU FEEL A
RESPONSIBILITY FOR BLACK OWNED
SBRUR
BREWERIES?
>> WE HAVE A LINE DEDICATED TO
THEM
>> Reporter: THEY SAY THEY
APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED FEDERAL
AID IN THE SPRING.
>> THE WONDERFUL THING IS THAT
WE CLOSED ONLY FOR ONE DAY
KEVIN STARTED DELIVERING BEERS
AND WE’RE STILL DOING DELIVERY
AND PICK UP.
>> Reporter: I WAS READING TODAY
YOU MADE AS MANY AS 20 CRAFT
BEER DELIVERIES A DAY IN A
20-BLOCK RADIUS ON A BIKE IN THE
EARLY PART OF THIS PAPDNDEMIC
>> SOMETIMES FURTHER THAN THAT
I GOT MY EXERCISE FOR THE DAY.
>> Reporter: HOW ARE SALES NOW
AND HOW DO THEY COMPARE TO,
LET’S SAY, A YEAR AGO?
>> THEY’RE DEFINITELY NOT THE
SAME AS LAST YEAR.
BUT WE’RE ABOUT 10% LESS
SO THAT’S BEEN BENEFICIAL FOR
US
>> Reporter: GIVING BACK IS AS
MUCH ON TAP FROM BEER.
FROM DELIVERING FOOD TO THE
HOUSEKEEPING STAFF AT MT. PSISIN
MORNING HOSPITAL TO THOSE PLANS
TO ATTEND HBCUs.
>> WE WANT TO EDUCATE AS MANY
YOUNG PEOPLE AS WE CAN THE SAME
WAY WE WERE EDUCATED
HONESTLY, A MIND IS A TERRIBLE
THING TO WASTE
BUT IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO
INVEST IN.
>> Reporter: IN THE FUTURE
HARLEM HOPS HOPES TO BREW THEIR
OWN BEER AND THEIR ADVICE FOR
BUDDING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IS
NOT TO BE AFRAID TO TAKE A LEAP
OF FAITH
>> DON’T HESITATE.
NOW IS THE TIME.