Running a small business is no joke.<\/p>\n
Case in point, when Easy Luck Coffee & Bodega<\/a>, which happened to be this year\u2019s Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards Critic\u2019s Pick for Best Coffee<\/a>, had its lease unexpectedly terminated after an eight-year run at 2425 E. South St. in Orlando\u2019s Milk District.<\/p>\n It prompted a grueling search for a new place to land, co-owner Tanner Jones tells me.<\/p>\n \u201cWe couldn\u2019t really find anything, and then the people at Phat Ash Bakes<\/a> reached out to tell us they had a space available in their storefront, which we snatched up greedily and hungrily.\u201d<\/p>\n The new space in the Milk Stacks<\/a> (221 S. Bumby Ave. in Orlando), however, is a pivot from the chill camp-out location on South Street, where relaxed service was the norm and folks mostly lingered, enjoying coffee and perhaps a bite with friends, family \u2014 or just laptop, phone or book.<\/p>\n Easy Luck is about to become a grab-and-go.<\/p>\n Best Coffee: 2026 Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cBuilding things out costs money,\u201d Jones says plainly. \u201cWe need that to get things up and going for the pick-up window. The new model is going to force us to be a little more lean, a little faster, while providing the same quality and so we need to put things in place for that.\u201d<\/p>\n That means commissary space for their daily-made breakfast sandwiches (sausage, egg and cheese; egg and cheese; vegan version) and means to heat and store them.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s where the jokes come in, with two comedy shows on Aug. 13 at SAK Comedy Lab (55 W. Church St. in Orlando).<\/p>\n All proceeds from the show (7 and 9 p.m.; tickets are $20) will benefit the Easy Luck transition.<\/p>\n It\u2019s an improv show, Jones says, evolved from some fun these old friends would have during the COVID-19 pandemic while social distancing.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019d get on Zoom and do these bracket shows by ourselves, ranking things like bands or theme parks and ultimately deciding which was best,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n As downtown\u2019s Art\u00b2 park opens, \u00c0 La Cart City provides the food and beverage<\/a><\/p>\n On Aug. 13, comedy duo The Bracket Brothers<\/a>, Sean and Pat Rice, will do the same thing, but with food.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s March Madness-style, so there will be a lot of categories. One show will be themed for bread, the other for drinks \u2014 the two things we do \u2014 until the performers and the audience determine the winner.\u201d<\/p>\n Also on hand, U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost will be among the \u201cexpert guests\u201d debating these all-important issues.<\/p>\n \u201cGood people doing good things for the right reasons always makes a community stronger,\u201d says Easy Luck\u2019s future neighbor, Israel Erazo of Phat Ash Bakes.<\/p>\n Tickets are available on the SAK Comedy Lab website at sakcomedylab.com\/shows\/6382<\/a>.<\/p>\n Find me on Facebook, TikTok, Twitter or Instagram\u00a0@amydroo<\/a>\u00a0or on the OSFoodie Instagram account\u00a0@orlando.foodie<\/a>. Email:\u00a0amthompson@orlandosentinel.com<\/a>, For more foodie fun, join the\u00a0Let\u2019s Eat, Orlando Facebook group<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t