“Back home in Illinois, we did a lot of life in coffee
shops. It’s where we built relationships,” said Heather
Needles, who co-owns Rooted Coffeehouse with her
daughter, Ali Kocher. “When we moved here almost
five years ago, we were missing that aspect of daily
life. We also saw that we were living in an ever-changing and diverse community that
was used to doing daily life independently. That became the catalyst for opening
Rooted. There is a desire to deliver a quality product and also a comfortable space
for community, fellowship, and doing life alongside others.”
Rooted Coffeehouse, located in the Market at Riverwood, opened its doors in
February 2018. The mother and daughter duo said the name came from uprooting
from familiar small town rural Illinois and moving to Evans, Georgia. It was their
new home and they were putting down “roots” that would grow as they became
established in a new community, experienced new adventures in the Peach State,
and made memories as a family. Heather is a mother to six children, three who still
live at home, while Ali has her own family with a husband and infant daughter.
