Originally aired on YPR’s Flavors Under the Big Sky
Black Dog Coffee brings together coffee and community.
Owners Mariah and Rob Carpenter have infused into the neighborhoods in the West End of Billings next to the Sanctuary Salon and Spa, on Poly Drive at Roots Garden Center, and in the hospital corridor at Harper and Madison.
Mariah married into a family of entrepreneurs, with her mother-in-law, Chris, the creator of the salon and spa in 1998, when a business like this did not exist in Montana’s Trailhead. These days Mariah takes on the responsibilities of Chief Operating Officer at the salon and spa business as well as the Joy of Living, a retail gift store next to their coffee shop…