Kix Stand Espresso owner Kelly Carvo, right, accepts the Othello Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award from 2023 president Heather Miller, left, and 2022 president Thalia Lemus, center.
March 16, 2023
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March 20, 2023 1:20 a.m.
Pioneering espresso stand still brewing strong in Othello
OTHELLO — Kelly Carvo said her husband Kevin was skeptical when she told him she wanted to open a drive-thru espresso stand. After all, espresso stands weren’t as popular and widespread in 2001. “We went back and forth for five years. And he kept telling me, ‘It’s a fad, it’s going to go away,’” she said. “I wanted to do it for so long.”