Shirley K's Coffee Shop

ABOUT US

Who We Are

Just Who Is Shirley K Anyway?

Many people ask us how we got our Coffee Shop name. My name is Sheryl and my mom’s name is Karen (one of our awesome cooks, chefs, bakers), so sometimes people think it's a combo. Sadly...it's not. The name Shirley K came about when I was in nursing school (a few years ago...at least I'll say a few). Some of my fellow nursing buddies and I had signed up for a weekend long seminar. When we arrived to check in there was a problem. I was not listed. I waited and waited while everyone else was seated and finally one of the staff members came over and said that they were very sorry but they had only one packet left and that one packet belonged to a Shirley Kay Poniday (who strangely hadn't checked in yet). My eyes got big as I looked at the signature scrawled across the packet...yep...it were my chicken scratching. Sheryl Kay Paisley. I had to explain that it was MY horrible handwriting and that I was really the late arriving Shirley Kay Poniday! I then had to wear a name tag that blatantly stated "Hello...I'm Shirley Kay Poniday" for 2 days. My friends never let me forget it and called me Shirley Kay Poniday from then on. So...years later, when we got the opportunity to open up the coffee shop, and we were tossing names around...Shirley K was first on our list.