About

We opened in 1999 after buying the condemned building that had housed Brady's Soda Shop and saving it from demolition. After a complete restoration of the building, we opened Rude and began our journey. We use Jade Espresso from Magnolia Coffee Company, Charlotte. Deep, rich, gently tart, chocolaty as a straight shot; gloriously dessert-like in three parts milk. This espresso was awarded 94 of 100 points by coffeereview.com. Fayetteville Observer October 2016 Pumpkin Spice Latte: Taste-testing to find best in Fayetteville ''Rude Awakening’s Pumpkin Pie Latte was a clear winner...Rude Awakening, which opened at 227 Hay St. in 1999, ranked highest for best overall among our judges, who also gave it first place for balance and complexity of flavors, and true “pumpkinness.? First reactions included “nice aroma” and “smells spicy,” while Thomas Pope said it had the “nicest mixture of flavor and coffee” and he would “buy it ... maybe more than one.” Beth Hutson described the flavors as “pumpkin spice, pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, not too sweet.” And Myron Pitts commented, “Nice burst of flavor. I do taste pumpkin.”