Coffee Pot Café celebrates first anniversary in Medina

Photos by Ginny Kropf: Staff, friends and local officials met at the Coffee Pot Café on Tuesday to celebrate its one-year anniversary with owners Dan and Hans Rosentreter. From left are Barb Albone (Hans’ grandmother), Daniel Poprawski, rear (Dan’s father); Barry Flansburg (representing Assemblyman Steve Hawley); Charlene Poprawski (Dan’s mother); Dee and Wesley Rosentreter (Hans’ parents); owners Hans and Dan Rosentrater; Lynne Johnson (chair of Orleans County Legislature), Skip Draper and John Fitzak (Orleans County legislators); and Darlene Rich (town of Shelby clerk).

MEDINA – When Hans and Dan Rosentreter decided to open a coffee shop in Medina, they couldn’t have hoped for a bigger success than their first year in business.

On Tuesday, the couple celebrated their first anniversary in business by cutting a ribbon to launch their second year in the Coffee Pot Cafe. Participating were Dan’s parents Daniel and Charlene Poprawski, Han’s parents Wesley and Dee Rosentreter, Hans’ grandmother Barb Albone, Barry Flansburg on behalf of Assemblyman Steve Hawley, Orleans County Legislature chair Lynne Johnson, legislators Skip Draper and John Fitzak and Shelby town clerk Darlene Rich.

Guests then gathered to enjoy cupcakes and pastries and extend good wishes.

Both Dan and Hans describe themselves as “coffee junkies,” and owning a coffee shop is something Dan dreamed of doing. When he discovered the store at 114 East Center St. was vacant, he knew he had to act.

“We both realized real fast we had to be here,” Hans said. “Dan quit his job in insurance and I quit mine at the Creekside Floral Shop and we became full time here.”

Dan had researched brands of coffee to find the very best coffee they could buy, and settled on Joe Bean Roasters out of Rochester, Dan said.

“This has always been a dream of mine to open a coffee shop,” Dan said.

Hans is a baker, so he makes all the pastries, turnovers and bagels.

(Left) Dan Rosentreter, left, and husband Hans greet customers at the Coffee Pot Café, which celebrated its one-year anniversary on Tuesday. (Right) Hans Rosentreter shows off an antique phone he installed at the Coffee Pot Café as a conversation piece. It was patented in 1901.

They opened on Aug. 1, 2022 and couldn’t be more pleased with the response. Reviews on their website are glowing and customers are at the door when they open at 6 a.m.

“We’ve been busy right from the beginning and it hasn’t slowed down,” Dan said.

Johnson shared her pleasure at seeing a thriving business in her county.

“Medina is the most growing village in Orleans County, and it excites me when a business chooses to open here,” she said. “There is no better place than Orleans County.”

The Coffee Pot Café is open from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Saturday.  They offer a variety of coffee flavors, including seasonal roasts, bubble tea, lemonade and frozen drinks, in addition to pastries, turnovers and bagels. They are expanding their lunch menu, which features chicken salad sandwiches and other choices and plan to add a soup and sandwich special.

“We’ve only gotten busier,” Hans said. “We realized Medina needed a coffee shop that was warm and inviting like your home. We’ve gotten to meet a lot of really nice people.”