1514 Caffeine #004

She serves great coffee, but that is not why she is open. It is not about money. It is about people.

When the right property appeared, Davis Ann Daniel did not hesitate. Within six hours, she made an offer. It was not just location. It was vision, memory, and the sense that this space could become more than a business. It could become a community.

Davis moved back to Columbus for family, for healing, and for reasons that only made sense later. She thought she would open sooner, but life had other plans: grief, illness, heartbreak. Still, in February 2024, she opened the doors. Not because everything was ready, but because she was ready enough. Sometimes healing means walking in before you feel prepared and showing up anyway. Faith moves that way.

1514 Caffeine was not built just for coffee. It was built for connection. The name came from its street number, but like much in Davis’s life, it holds more meaning than people realize.

Before returning to Mississippi, she lived in Idaho. Winters were long, and the cost of living kept climbing. She never imagined coming back. She even told God she would not. But her return was not for a job or business plan. It was for family. Everything else followed in ways that unfolded over time.

The property she found was nearly ideal. Two storefronts. A shared kitchen. Room to build both sides of her dream. She even bought the lot next door, already thinking ahead. This was not just a launch. It was becoming part of something already being restored.

Walk into 1514 Caffeine and it does not feel like a startup. It does not feel like a chain. It feels human. Familiar. The kind of space that could only be shaped by someone who has walked through hard seasons and kept going.

Davis does not just run a shop. She creates space for people to exhale. She jokingly calls it “day therapy.” People laugh, cry, vent, and celebrate, sometimes before the espresso is even poured. Officers stop in for encouragement. Regulars drop by just to say hello. One Mother’s Day, a customer brought Davis flowers because she reminded her of her mom.

Hospitality does not quite capture what happens here. Davis is more than welcoming. She is present. She makes people feel safe, often within minutes, while working a full shift behind the counter. What you feel is real. Her story lives in the space, and so do her values.

And while the name says caffeine, the offerings stretch beyond coffee. One customer favorite is the tart Huckleberry Lemonade. It is sweet, a little wild, and full of character — just like Davis herself. Whether it is espresso or lemonade, the drink may draw you in, but what brings people back is the feeling that unfolds around it.

A Life Shaped Through Service

Davis has worked nearly every job in hospitality. She started at sixteen, spent over a decade at Applebee’s, worked for Starbucks and Budweiser, ran a nonprofit bar in Idaho that donated thousands to charity, and built programs that invested in both the people serving and the people being served.

But this space — 1514 Caffeine — is different.

Maybe because it holds more than her effort. It holds her story, her sacrifice, and the seasons that shaped her. It was not built around the hard parts. It was built through them. And maybe it feels different because it is connected to her childhood, a piece of home she is learning how to bring back to life.

What Comes Next

She is already planning the next steps: a take-home pizza kitchen, a future bar concept, and several ideas for contributing to the progress happening in parts of Columbus that are beginning to grow again.

She shares her dreams freely, not for credit, but for growth. She wants the kids growing up here to feel the same sense of possibility she remembers — and knows is still possible here.

Because Davis is not just running a coffee shop. She is part of something already taking shape. A town finding new strength, one space and one story at a time.

What 1514 Caffeine Truly Is

So what is 1514 Caffeine?

It is not just caffeine. It is not just coffee. And it is not just a street number.

It is a return. A testimony. A storefront where grief did not win. Where faith turned the key. Where strangers do not stay strangers for long.

More than anything, it reflects the presence at its center — someone who keeps showing up. There is a grace here shaped by what Davis has been through. People feel it the moment they walk in: the warmth, the resilience, the feeling of being seen.

She offers comfort in a cup. She holds space while holding everything else together.

And whether you are a longtime friend or visiting for the first time, it is clear the moment you arrive:

This is not just coffee. It is a place to breathe. To belong. To begin again.

It is Mama’s house. And somehow, it already feels like home.