5 things to know about popular Middletown coffee shop Triple Moon

Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard poses with Triple Moon Coffee Company employees during a stop for latte earlier this year. The employees said that Howard is becoming a regular at the downtown Middletown coffee house. Howard and his production crew will be in Middletown for a few days next month to film “Hillbilly Elegy.” CONTRIBUTED.

Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard poses with Triple Moon Coffee Company employees during a stop for latte earlier this year. The employees said that Howard is becoming a regular at the downtown Middletown coffee house. Howard and his production crew will be in Middletown for a few days next month to film “Hillbilly Elegy.” CONTRIBUTED.

The Triple Moon Coffee Company gained notoriety when it became a frequent spot visited by director Ron Howard as he worked on his movie version of “Hillbilly Elegy.”

It is one of the city’s popular venues. Here are five things to know about Triple Moon:

1. It opened four years ago

Heather Gibson opened Triple Moon, 1100 Central Ave., in 2015 at the corner of Central Avenue and Broad Street, in a location that had buried dreams of other business owners. Gibson, a 1987 Monroe High School graduate, worked at a cabinet making business in Miamisburg before opening Triple Moon.

2. More chairs added to accommodate customers

Triple Moon continues to grow and Gibson recently remodeled the inside of the restaurant to make room for more chairs.

3. Ron Howard likes vegetarian wrap

Actor/producer/director Ron Howard has been spotted a few times inside Triple Moon. Gibson said Howard ordered a “Bad Hunter,” a vegetarian sandwich. Next week Howard will be in Middletown directing “Hillbilly Elegy,” the film version of J.D. Vance’s memoir of growing up among working-class “hillbillies” in Middletown. Vance graduated from Middletown High School in 2003.

4. What Triple Moon offers

Chicken and egg salad sandwiches, wraps and Italian subs, soups, free WiFi and a conference room that seats 30. Gibson calls it “a simple menu.”

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5. Triple Moon’s motto

The coffee house motto is “Good Vibes, Great Coffee,” and Gibson jokes she’s a late-blooming hippy.

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