04/30/2026
PLEASANT COFFEE // What’s the biggest leap you ever took after vacationing on a remote island?
For Hanna and Kevin Lacaille, it was incorporating a coffee business — something they’d filed under “maybe one day” until the perfect spot opened up in their neighbourhood. Hanna worked in finance, and Kevin’s a software engineer: coffee wasn’t exactly part of their career trajectories.
Their specialty coffee gateway was a regular fix at a few local cafes, one of which happened to carry FUNK Coffee. They found themselves further down the rabbithole, diving deeper into the minutia of coffee brewing and culture.
When their favourite shops closed during COVID, Hanna and Kevin religiously attended Instagram Live brewing workshops and demos, discovering roasters like Luna and Monogram along the way. The idea of opening a shop of their own felt like a dream they might realize, maybe 6 years down the road...
That’s when fate intervened, presenting opportunity in the form of a vacancy along one of Hanna’s run routes, near Kevin’s rowing club. Seizing the moment, they signed the lease and hit the ground running.
Fast-forward to now, two days away from the .ca grand opening (Saturday, 8am-4pm), and the shop is far beyond “pleasant”: It’s a bright, friendly, neighbourhood hub where friends and families, park-goers, sports fans, brewery crawlers, cyclists, commuters, nearby business owners and patrons, and coffee fans can enjoy specialty coffee and connection.
FUNK Coffee will be featured on bar, and the retail shelves are already laden with beans from roasters like , , and .
The menu will include seasonal housemade features, beginning with a blueberry basil syrup, and pastries from Ex Animo. From the countertops and furniture to the branding and design, every element of the business is community-driven.
The soft opening this Friday (7am-4pm) is in fact sure to be LOUD, with DJ setting the mood; giveaways from FUNK as well as , , and ; and so much more.
Head out to Port Moody to check out what’s sure to be the sweetest spot in the city!