Jumpin' java
Seven Mile Cafe in Denton to fulfill its coffee destiny with new next-doorcoffeehouse
- Seven Mile Coffee Co. will feature drinks made with beans from Stumptown, thehighly regarded coffee roaster in Portland, Oregon.Photo courtesy of Thomas Roach
- Seven Mile Coffee Co. will serve lattes in a renovated church.Photo courtesy of Seven Mile Cafe
- Seven Mile Cafe has lines for its breakfasts every weekend.Photo courtesy of Seven Mile Cafe
The coffee craze continues. Seven Mile Cafe, the healthy-ish Denton spot noted for its grand breakfasts, is spreading its wings. On December 28, it will open a coffeehouse next door called Seven Mile Coffee Co.
The coffee shop is going into the old green church at 529 Bolivar St. Owners Josi and Kevin Klingele have renovated the space into an enormous coffee bar with an industrial vibe, featuring leather chairs, free Wi-Fi and the by-now-obligatory La Marzocco espresso machine. (That makes two La Marzoccos in the Seven Mile family, because the cafe has one already.)
Seven Mile Coffee will function as an overflow spot for the cafe, which draws long lines for breakfast on weekend mornings.
Seven Mile Coffee will serve house-baked pastries, including pies, cakes, banana bread, rolls and muffins; it will also function as an overflow spot for the cafe, which draws long lines on weekend mornings. The cafe menu will be available at the coffee shop until 3 pm, with a small charge for delivery.
That Seven Mile would expand into the coffee realm is not surprising, because the cafe has been hosting free monthly coffee tastings. Those will move over to the coffee shop, said a restaurant staffer.
One major difference between the cafe and the coffeehouse is the kind of coffee beans used. A staffer said that they'll be using a very very special bean from the Pacific Northwest: Stumptown, the highly regarded coffee roaster from Portland, Oregon.
"We've been using coffee beans from [Texas roaster] Cuvee, but at the coffeehouse, we're going with beans from Stumptown," she said. "The owners decided to do something different, but we will keep Cuvee at the restaurant."
The Klingeles, who are originally from San Francisco, named the restaurant after Seven Mile Beach in the Grand Cayman Islands, where they honeymooned. The cafe's breakfasts are justifiably popular, and the signature pancake sampler comes with three different flavored pancakes: buttermilk, blueberry and red velvet.