Our Story
A run-down laundromat, two neighbors with a plan, one very long year, and a lot of coffee.
The Founders
Both grew up in the Aughwick Valley. Amanda taught high-school English for a decade; Eric spent years in construction. On a road trip through Vermont in 2017, they walked into a laundromat-café and looked at each other with a specific kind of look. Twelve months later, they signed the papers on 368 Pine Street.
They still work every shift. Amanda handles the coffee bar and catering; Eric does builds, deliveries, and — as their kids will tell you — a great deal of dish washing.
The Jenkies philosophy is simple: a really good cup, a genuinely warm room, and the people who live here.
The Timeline
We sign the deed on a boarded-up laundromat with a broken front window and a raccoon in the pipes. The neighbors think we’re insane.
Ten months of demolition, plumbing, electric, tile, and tears. There was, in fact, blood — Eric split his thumb open in month two. The scar is still there.
We poured our first cup on a snowy Saturday. Amanda cried; Eric said "well, that’s that." Twenty-seven people came in the first day.
A group of retired guys from the fire hall walked in on Tuesday and stayed for two hours. They still come every Tuesday. We call them the Boys.
Our panhandling sign gets a major upgrade — hand-painted by a local artist, still hanging today.
The Huntingdon County Business & Industry association names Jenkies Joint their Business Adventure Award winner.
Amanda commissions a mural for the laundromat wall. What was meant to be one painting becomes a rotating community gallery.
Nominated by neighbors, we’re given the county’s Community Spirit Award for keeping small-town main streets alive.
Twelve thousand cups a year, sixty menu items, and one very good raccoon-free front window. Come find your regular.
Our Values
We source from Paul Family Farms, Wise County Biscuits, and local artists. Every dollar spent here mostly stays here.
Real syrup, real milk, real people making it. No shortcuts, no fake anything, no menu items nobody can pronounce.
A laundromat that’s also an art gallery is a weird idea. That’s the point. Weird is what makes a place worth walking into.
