Business Spotlight: River Perk
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River Perk’s vintage milkshake mixer produces treats like the sweet potato pie shake. Photo courtesy of Suellen Young.

There may be a chain café on every corner in the big cities and a coffee pot in every gas station, but in downtown Wetumpka, coffee is personal – so personal, said Johnny Oates, co-owner of Company Street’s River Perk, that you can get a coffee named after you.

“We do all the fancy coffees. Anything you can buy at Starbucks you can buy here, except I think we’re better,” Oates said. “We really needed a coffee shop. There wasn’t one around at the time; you had to go to Prattville or Montgomery.”