Small, former post office home to big dreams for new cafe

A small building in the heart of an Amish and Mennonite community provides challenges — and opportunities — for a new sandwich and coffee shop.


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Ann Michelle Stoltzfus with her mother, Barbie Esh, and daughter Tanisha Stoltzfus at the former Pinecraft post office building where they will open Postal 98 Cafe.
Ann Michelle Stoltzfus with her mother, Barbie Esh, and daughter Tanisha Stoltzfus at the former Pinecraft post office building where they will open Postal 98 Cafe.
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As a child growing up in Pennsylvania, Ann Michelle Stoltzfus visited Sarasota when her parents brought her grandparents there every winter.

That’s when she first became familiar with the post office in Pinecraft, an Amish and Mennonite community. “I remember using the mailbox to mail postcards,” she says.

 

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