This place started out as a coffee cart in our local magazine shop, Sawyers. Jim started going there over a year ago and kept raving about their coffee. Then when they opened this little shop in a new shopping center in the Fountaingrove area of Santa Rosa we started going for weekend coffee. They simply have the best cup of espresso I have had outside of Italy.The interior is tastefully modern and comfortable, with a few tables. We usually sit outside.
They offer light breakfast items. Our favorite thing to order is the toasted baguette with butter and jam. I always get the raspberry jam.
Jim always gets the apricot jam.
I swear their bread tastes better than the baguettes I can buy in our local foodie bakeries. And the butter tastes European. Maybe it's just because I feel like I'm sitting at a Paris cafe when we're drinking our lovely lattes out of coffee bowls.
They are real artists with the foam. (Nancy, this picture is for you).
We like to sit and do the crossword puzzle together and chuckle over the odd headlines in the paper.
And even down in the bowl, the latte is still beautiful.
We love supporting our local small businesses, so after breakfast we went next door to the wonderful Italian deli, Traverso's and bought some yummy cheeses, salami and mustard, along with a sourdough flute from a local bakery. As always, we have a lovely time chatting with George (Traverso) at the cash register. Then we went to Town and Country, an area with three locally owned shops that we always patronize, Pacific Market, where we do most of our grocery shopping, and where one can get things like locally grown duck and fresh sardines (which we bought today), La Belle Fleur, where we enjoy chatting with Diane and supporting her flower business, and Mariposa, a very fun gift store where I can always find interesting folk art gifts or jewelry.Another fine Saturday in Sonoma County.
Audrey
You are so right, they are artists with the foam. Thanks for sharing the picture.
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