Strolling into Kickstart Cafรฉ on Howe Avenue in Shelton, Connecticut for the primary time, you mechanically really feel comfy as there’s a pleasant ambiance within the cafe. It looks like you might be in Mayberry with individuals chatting on the counter. A heat smile greets you by the cashier prepared that will help you navigate their in depth menu of coffees, smoothies, breakfast, lunch, desserts and extra. Arriving at lunchtime, I used to be instructed the preferred lunch sandwiches have been “Butchy Boi” and “Tremendous Freak” so that’s what I ordered.
Butchy Boi is Buffalo rooster, pepper jack, bacon, Sriracha aioli, shredded lettuce with a blue cheese drizzle. Tremendous Freak is turkey, spinach, mozzarella, tomato, pesto chipotle and secret sauce. You’ll be able to have the sandwiches toasted or not, full or half grinders, brioche, wheat wraps, bagels, rolls, multigrain bread or gluten-free bread. The grinder roll was instructed and it was the appropriate alternative, it was so scrumptious all by itself.
The proprietor, Stephanie Champagne of Stratford, was busy within the kitchen personally making ready meals. When she got here out with an order, she greeted me with an ear-to-ear smile. She busy cooking so a photograph must wait till all the purchasers’ meals have been ready. Quickly after, her fiancรฉ, Matthew Bartol arrived with my lunch.
The longtime couple have been classmates at Notre Dame Catholic Excessive Faculty in Fairfield and have been collectively ever since. Stephanie is pursuing her dream of working in a espresso store and Matthew was keen to carry off on their marriage ceremony plans to assist make her a profitable small enterprise proprietor. It is really a household affair as Matthew’s mother, Linda Thompson, is the official baker of Kickstart Cafรฉ and shares her scrumptious espresso muffins, cookies and different desserts with clients.
The Washington Put up reported that “greater than 70,000 eating places closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” but that didn’t dissuade Champagne from forging forward in a shuttered Subway storefront. Opened in Fall 2022 to brisk enterprise retains the couple excited. Plans for 2023 are to get a bigger espresso and cappuccino machine to maintain up with the demand, based on Champagne.
Kickstart Cafรฉ is positioned at 462 Howe Avenue on the nook of Canal Road in Downtown Shelton. It’s open for breakfast and lunch 7 days every week with particular hours on holidays. Cellphone Orders will be positioned at (203) 513-2106. If you wish to really feel good and eat scrumptious meals, strive #KickstartCafe
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