Crafted With Love
How it all began…
Well before the pandemic became part of our global reality, Mary Dail and Andreas Waltenburg had shifted the center of their universe from New York City’s Greenwich Village to raise their young son in Richmond, Virginia.
Initially shuttling between The Folly, his bar in NYC, and Big Leo, her creative agency, the couple launched Fuel Pump in 2019, a coffee shop and wine bar located on a shady corner in Carytown - inspired by the neighborhood magnets they’d grown to love in the Village.
More curated than stocked. They strove to celebrate the small businesses that supplied their coffee house, with an eye towards women and minority-owned businesses that shared their passion for social justice and progress.
Sadly, under a year after opening, the world changed as Covid swept the planet and then, unexpectedly, Andreas was called to Valhalla. Navigating the mercurial journey of grief, Mary has remained in RVA to raise their son, and to carry on their shared project as a way to honor Andreas.
Today, Fuel Pump strives to be a welcoming place, filled with carefully selected items to help get your day going or to relax and wind down after your work is done. A way station to help bookend your day.
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Mission
Fuel Pump is now what it was always meant to be - a coffee to wine pipeline boasting the best product thoughtfully sourced and curated from all over the globe.
“Anything worth doing is worth doing well.”
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