Rodriguez had to temporarily close his shop when an alleged drug dealer – who has been living and selling drugs outside the front door to Rodriguez’s café for months – threatened him with a gun after demanding $50,000.
Opening a new business during the COVID pandemic in a section of downtown Seattle’s Pioneer Square that had been boarded up for months is a feat under any circumstances.
For three months, Rodriguez said he asked the drug dealer, “ ‘Can I go inside my coffee shop?’ ” while the startup businessman painted and prepared for the grand opening in hopes that his mother and son could both attend. The dealer, he added, would continue to sit on a chair right outside his door, one block from the King County Courthouse, and sell drugs.
“He wants to come and help the business, so I tell him ‘let’s do it. This is your time to see what you learned in college,’ ” Rodriguez said he told his son.
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