Tampa coffee shop owner reopens quickly after Milton

Mike Pool woke up Thursday morning — unlike the vast number of Tampa residents — with power at his home and it turns out at his business as well.

Pool owns the AstroBrew coffee shop on MacDill Boulevard in Cypress, about a mile off Kennedy Boulevard. When he saw the shop had electricity, there was no question in his mind but to open.

And by midday Thursday, while much of the city remained empty and shops closed, Astro, at 1001 N MacDill Ave., was crowded with customers. Some regulars and a lot of first timers.