The Tin Cup hopes to become new hangout

On January 4, The Tin Cup opened their doors for the first time. Jamie Timberman and husband Jobee bought the building formerly known as Hopper's Bar with the intent to create a comfortable hometown sandwich and coffee spot.

"Kind of a bright spot in town, a place where somebody can come in and have a meeting, the kids can come have study groups," according to Jamie.

"I've lived in Moorcroft about 25 years," Jamie introduces herself and her family. "So kind of local, we raised our family here. We have three kids; my two oldest are out of high school. My son just graduated from the university of Wyoming and my daughter is attending Black Hills State University and my youngest is a junior in high school."

"I'm from a little bitty town called Medicine Bow in the southern part of the state. That's where I grew up and generations of my family, my mom, my grandparents and my great grandparents all grew up there," she smiles.

Jobee works for True, in the oil fields and is also a carpenter, "So he has helped me a lot here. He's kind of the silent unsung hero here."

Tin Cup's owners never wanted to run a full scale restaurant and Jamie's happy with the support her little sandwich shop is garnering.

"It's going great and we're so appreciative," she says.

The sandwich shop also gets a lot of business from the online app, Clover, Jamie says: "A lot of people will use the drive-through for that."

She hopes to extend the hours The Tin Cup is open from 2 to 6 p.m., "So the kids will have a couple hours they can come in after school. We have free Wi-Fi so they can come in and use the Wi-Fi, study if they want or just hang out. We've got some puzzles and board games if they want to get that stuff out."

The shop offers specialty coffee drinks, gourmet sodas and more as well as their sandwich menu.

"I want people to come in and leave with a smile," Jamie says. "A nice place where people can come in and feel safe and good customer service and good food. I just hope people enjoy it as much as we do. When they come in, they're comfortable. They're getting a good coffee and a good meal and good conversation."

She is also building a gift shop for guests to peruse as it grows and perhaps find items they just need to take home to their own kitchen.

When asked about the origins of the name, The Tin Cup, Jamie said, "My family and I sat down and we all threw out all these names and that was the one that stuck for all of us."