In the event you’ve been questioning what’s going within the former Lucy and Leo’s location, I’ve all the inside track, only for you! One other day, one other tremendous thrilling, unique announcement shared with Tallahassee Foodies!
Argonaut Espresso, getting a lot hype for his or her full-on espresso store expertise proper inside TOC’s major clinic, is celebrating their one 12 months anniversary tomorrow, and what higher approach to commemorate the second than increasing to a brand new house very quickly! Their location of selection – the upstairs house of Midtown Reader, beforehand occupied by Lucy and Leo’s. The enlargement of Argonaut has led to one more partnership for Jeri Madden, of Jeri’s Midtown Cafe, and right here’s the way it all went down.
After the closing of our very cherished Lucy and Leo’s Cupcakery, Midtown Reader approached Jeri about doing a espresso store and bar of their lovely upstairs house and Jeri instantly introduced Jason McArthur of Argonaut Espresso into the dialog. Jason acquired his begin within the espresso business in Midtown, so he’s past excited to be again!
With pleasure about this collaborative effort, Jason instantly considered his buddy in Denver that runs the same espresso store / bar / bookstore idea in Denver referred to as the BookBar. Midtown Reader has the bookstore half coated, Argonaut will serve their wonderful espresso creations, and Jeri will do what Jeri does greatest, present meals and fun-sip, boozey grownup drinks. It’s a one cease store, my buddies!
Past the distinctive bookstore, espresso store, and bar idea, Argonaut additionally brings just a few different points into their cafe which might be distinctive to Tallahassee. Jason mentioned, “we make our personal syrups, now we have genuine cuban type espresso, and the meals menu has been crafted by Jeri particularly for this store. It’s fairly an pleasing expertise”.
In the event you’re questioning what can be served completely at Argonaut from Jeri’s Midtown Cafe, I’ve acquired a primary search for you. The menu will embody Mini Blueberry whipping cream biscuits, a Spicy Pimento Cheese Tea Sandwich served on skinny sliced bread with muscadine preserves and bacon, Heat Croissants with a facet of butter and muscadine preserves, Miniature Hen Salad Croissants stuffed with hand pulled rooster salad, gray poupon, salami, toasted almonds and muscadine preserves, Charcuterie & Cheese sufficient for 1 or 2, and Assorted Pastries.
Concerning the present pandemic, Jason mentioned, “the perfect half about our retailer would be the in-house expertise of looking the bookstore with a glass of wine, or sitting at one in every of our tables or the bar and studying, working, or simply stress-free when you benefit from the espresso store / bar vibe. With COVID limiting our indoor seating and capability it could be awhile earlier than folks can totally benefit from the house, however we predict the standard of merchandise will nonetheless be sufficient to carry folks in and revel in takeout, curbside pickup, or our restricted indoor capability”.
There can be fairly just a few beauty adjustments occurring all through the subsequent couple of weeks, however the tremendous enjoyable dream is to open this location very quickly! Communicate at our Tallahassee Foodies Fb group for extra upcoming particulars! Their hours can be 10-6 Tuesday via Saturday, and 10-Four on Sundays with maybe Mondays as properly within the close to future.
Discover Argonaut at – Web site, Instagram, and Fb.
