Drink from the ‘Ferrari of espresso machines’ when this new Charlotte cafe opens

Two forces for good in Charlotte — Manolo Betancur of Manolo’s Bakery and 99-year-old Myers Park United Methodist Church — are joining forces to launch the nonprofit coffee shop Higher Grounds by Manolo’s in the church’s new Center of Hope building off Queens Road in May. Britt Yett, the program director for missions and food ministry at the church, said, “The goal was to be a nonprofit, mission-centered cafe, and then, obviously, the next call was Manolo. That’s a no brainer. He personifies what we want to be in the...