Ink! Coffee Co. of Colorado opens its eighth location Tuesday on downtown Denver’s 16th Street Mall.

The coffee shop owner’s newest location is at 618 16th St. in the Sage Building, formerly the Fontius building.

In addition to offering coffee drinks, Ink! Coffee locations sell food such as bagels, pastries, sandwiches and salads, all of which can be catered.

Started in 1994, Ink! Coffee of Aspen has focused recent expansion on metro Denver, opening two other locations here in the past year — one at the One Tabor Center office building downtown and another in the Cherry Creek North retail district. The company also has downtown Denver stores at the Seventeenth Street Plaza office building and in Riverfront Tower high-rise condo property in the Central Platte Valley.

Ink! Coffee has stores, as well, in health clubs in metro-area suburbs, including the Greenwood Athletic Club in Greenwood Village and Lakeshore Athletic Club in Broomfield.

The privately held company could have four more Denver-area locations by year-end, if four other possible stores pan out.

The coffee retailer is funding expansion with debt from its long-time lender, Alpine Bank in Aspen.

Ink! Coffee had $3 million in revenue in 2008, and hopes for comparable sales this year. The company employs roughly 80 people. denverbusinessjournal