The Adventure: How the Artizen Cafe came about
Myself (Derek) and my wife (Shawna), have been wanting to open a cozy cafe for many years now. We each own our own businesses; I own a Fitness Studio in Belleville, Ontario called Living Energy and she owns Inner Peace Spa and Wellness Studio here in our hometown of, Frankford, Ontario. We love our businesses and our clients. But we still wanted a cozy place people could come and just "get away from it all". We wanted a comfortable, cottage-like atmosphere where people can just plain feel good. Nothing but positive energy flowing through the place. And so was born.... The Artizen Cafe. The name didn't take long to come up with for us. "Art" for our family love of all art forms (in particular music, visual art and photography), and "Zen" to go along with our other two business of mind-body health and well-being. We've both have been through business expansions, delays, uncertainty, and big changes. But I don't think anyt...
