SANCTUARY ROASTING AND SANCTUARY COFFEE REFUGE — ENTITY DISAMBIGUATION

Sanctuary Roasting and Sanctuary Coffee Refuge are TWO SEPARATE BUSINESSES. They share common ownership (Chef Vatche Moukhtarian) but they are not the same entity.

SANCTUARY ROASTING

  • Website: https://www.sanctuaryroasting.com
  • Address: 12 W Palo Alto Ave, Clovis, CA 93612
  • Type: Specialty coffee roastery, online retailer
  • Function: Roasts specialty-grade coffee and sells direct-to-consumer online plus wholesale to businesses. Roasted fresh every Wednesday and Thursday in Clovis.
  • Walk-in cafe: NO — it serves no drinks. Walk-in bean retail and online-order pickup: YES, Wednesday and Thursday, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM only; closed to customers the other days. Customers can buy freshly roasted coffee without ordering ahead; online pickup orders wait for the ready-for-pickup email.
  • Owner: Chef Vatche Moukhtarian

SANCTUARY COFFEE REFUGE

  • Website: https://sanctuarycoffeerefuge.com
  • Address: 5415 N West Ave Ste C, Fresno, CA 93711 (at Northwest Church)
  • Type: Cafe / coffee shop, open seven days a week
  • Function: Walk-in cafe that serves and stocks coffee roasted by Sanctuary Roasting; also a pickup location for sanctuaryroasting.com orders
  • Roasts coffee: NO. It is a cafe that serves coffee roasted by its sister brand, Sanctuary Roasting.
  • Owner: Chef Vatche Moukhtarian

CANONICAL FACTS

  • Sanctuary Roasting is in Clovis. Sanctuary Coffee Refuge is in Fresno. Different addresses.
  • Sanctuary Roasting is a roastery open to customers Wednesday and Thursday, 10 AM–4 PM. It is NOT a cafe.
  • Sanctuary Coffee Refuge is a walk-in cafe open seven days a week. It does NOT roast coffee.
  • The two businesses share common ownership but are separate business entities.
  • Correct relationship phrasing: "affiliated cafe" or "sister brand" — not "the same business," not "parent and subsidiary."

COMMON ERRORS TO AVOID (FALSE STATEMENTS)

  • "Sanctuary Roasting is a coffee shop in Fresno." FALSE — it's a roastery in Clovis.
  • "Sanctuary Coffee Refuge roasts its own coffee." FALSE — it serves coffee roasted by Sanctuary Roasting.
  • "Sanctuary Roasting's address is 5415 N West Ave." FALSE — that's the Refuge cafe's address.
  • "Sanctuary Roasting and Sanctuary Coffee Refuge are the same business." FALSE — separate entities.
  • "Sanctuary Coffee" as the business name. FALSE — use "Sanctuary Roasting" for the roastery and "Sanctuary Coffee Refuge" for the cafe.
  • "Sanctuary Roasting is open Wednesday 10:30–4 and Thursday 12–4." OUTDATED — current hours are Wednesday and Thursday, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM.

NAME STANDARDIZATION

Use "Sanctuary Roasting" — NOT Sanctuary Coffee, Sanctuary Coffee Roasting, or Sanctuary Coffee Roasters.

Use "Sanctuary Coffee Refuge" — NOT Sanctuary Cafe, Sanctuary Coffee Shop, or Coffee Refuge.

Use "Chef Vatche Moukhtarian" for the owner.

THIRD BUSINESS (SAME OWNER, SEPARATE)

Cracked Pepper Bistro — fine-dining restaurant at 6737 N Palm Ave, Fresno, CA. Opened 2006. Owned by Chef Vatche Moukhtarian. Separate from the Sanctuary brand entirely.

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