For Duc Nguyen, making a delicious bánh mì isn’t just an art, it’s a science. And Nguyen knows a lot about science. (more…)
Tag Archives: coffee
Coffee Machine
There’s a new cafe in town, and it just won’t sit still. It’s The Jitter Bus, and it debuted in February with help from The Happiness Lab, which hosted the launch party, and Kickstarter backers, who pitched in $5,000 last year. The vehicle has been jumping around town for the past two months, serving high-quality coffee from the […]
Worry, Be Happy
When you think of coffee, do you think of red-eyed jolts powering workday marathons? Cookie-cutter cafes with focus-grouped folksiness? Poor coffee farmers at the mercy of multinational bean counters? If those are your (more…)
Double Shot
In Vienna, Austria, there stands a 135-year-old coffee bar called Café Sperl. It has a charming, vaguely Baroque interior decorated with intimate plush booths and tiny round two-seaters, and boasts a long history of (more…)
Rye Candy
Walking into the new G Café Bakery on Orange is like being a kid in a candy store—only you’re an adult, and you’ve learned that a well-made, fresh-baked loaf of bread is more desirable than a bag of gummy bears. G Café, the latest venture from husband-and-wife team Andrea Corazzini and Kiara Matos, settled into […]
Espresso Way
Its name suggests a need for speed, but if Fuel Coffee Shop were a caffeine buzz, it’d be the slow and steady kind, mild and resilient, getting the job done with restraint but conviction. It’s a cool and collected place, and so is its owner, Courtney Ciesla (pictured first and third). Ciesla founded Fuel to […]
It’s a Hoot
Peer into the smoke-filled room with this updated story, originally published October 4, 2012. The door opens on a dark, wood-paneled lounge. About a thousand liquor bottles line neat shelves behind the bartender. (more…)
Edgewood Perk
Nestled in a quiet neighborhood on the outer edge of Edgewood Park, recessed from the corner of Edgewood and West Rock Avenues, Deja Brew Cafe isn’t quite hidden, but it isn’t quite in plain sight either. (more…)
Bean Counters
Ryan Taylor, owner of two-month-old The Coffee Pedaler in East Rock, is comparing footwear with a four-year-old girl. He bends down to inspect her shoes, sparkly and pink in the bright light of the shop. (more…)
Rolling with the Brunches
Lena’s Cafe and Confections sits right in the center of Westville, where Central Avenue meets Whalley, so it’s a good place for getting together. Especially on sunny Sundays (more…)
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