Convenience West BBQ
If BBQ can be considered art, and in Texas it CAN, Mark Scott of Convenience West is a true artist. Mark and crew keep the residents of and visitors to our fair city happy and well-fed with tender, juicy brisket cooked to perfection. They also offer ribs, chicken by...
Cody Barber
Artist Cody Barber lives and works in Marfa, Texas, where he is currently conducting an ongoing series of “Studio Exhibitions” that explore the illusory moiré patterns. He has become known for. Barber’s three-dimensional work incorporates a specific type of expanded metal that he paints with industrial powder coating. Most commonly square...
Carolyn Macartney
Carolyn Macartney’s background as an artist is in painting, photography and filmmaking. Her most recent passion is sign painting. For the past 7 years, Marfa has been Carolyn’s canvas. Her hand-painted signs can be seen all over town, including at our own coffee roasting facility. Her revival of this lost art has elevated our picturesque...
Hannah Gentiles
Ever since moving to Marfa in Far West Texas four years ago, Hannah Gentiles has taken as many opportunities as she could to explore the beautiful Chihuahuan Desert that surrounds her. These images are a collection of her favorite photos taken from the Davis Mountains all the way down to...
Photographer, LéAna Clifton
LéAna was exposed to art and photography at a young age and through photography discovered a portal through which to view the world on her own terms. The camera became her communicator and her escape. As she progressed, the images she created became more obscure, abstract and beautiful. Her photography...
Thomas Lancaster
ARTIST – CONCRETE SCULPTOR – FURNITURE DESIGNER Concrete is Thomas’s main medium of choice due to its versatility and durability. His work can be commissioned to fit a number of interior or exterior applications including decorative, functional, and architectural. Thomas’s designs were initially inspired by Donald Judd with current inspiration drawn...
Why BBCR coffee is so darn good
Our special coffees begin with the selection of “A” quality green coffee beans. We then set out to discover the proper roasting style to express the best taste of those beans. High quality coffee is not made by mistake, though many mistakes are made in finding the correct methods...
dark matter’ which is believed to hold the universe together has been positively identified as coffee
The mysterious ‘dark matter’ which is believed to hold the universe together has been positively identified as coffee, astrophysicists have confirmed. (more…)
Coffee Could Help With a Few More Things
Coffee Could Help Reverse Liver Damage from Drinking If you’ve hurt your liver from years of drinking, coffee could be the superhero you’ve been hoping for. In a 2016 review published in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics,researchers found drinking two cups of coffee a day had a 44 percent lower risk...
This West Texas Art Town Is Giving Austin a Run for Its Money
With chefs, shop owners, and makers of all kinds putting down roots, Marfa is riding its next creative wave. By Lauren Mechling on March 04, 2019 It’s nearing noon on a bright Wednesday morning, and Virginia Lebermann is perched on the ledge of the adobe fireplace in her home library, puffing...