“I’m able to kind of do more over here and focus more on growing my business,” …

Carolyn Kirkby, owner of Carolyn’s Coffee Connection, 1351 52nd St., said surviving difficult economic times means being able to adapt.

For her, that meant opening up in an unlikely location, in a newly renovated building on a traditionally gritty urban stretch just west of the Union Pacific Railroad viaduct.

“I’m able to kind of do more over here and focus more on growing my business,” Kirkby said.

A drive-through window provides early-morning service to users of the nearby Metra station, and the coffee shop recently began selling train station parking passes.

Kirkby said she’s also marketing her business for parties and other group events — Carolyn’s hosted its first baby shower last weekend, she said. Beginning this weekend, she will close the shop earlier, at 2 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 p.m. Sundays, to devote her staff to private events.

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