Nicole Peaslee
The backstory: Coffee is like song to Cait and Paul Sirianni’s ears. Before a father and mother group owned dual coffee shops in Madison, both were posterior music — Paul was going to propagandize for song prolongation and Cait was creation a record. When a event emerged to buy a preexisting coffee emporium on Monroe Street in 2013, a Siriannis seized it, meaningful they would work their adore for song into a business. Crescendo Espresso Bar + Music Cafe has turn a hotspot for insinuate performances and top-notch coffee. Then, in 2018, event came knocking again, and a Siriannis motionless to open a second Crescendo Espresso Bar plcae during Hilldale Shopping Center on a nearby west side.
The vibe: The dual locations have graphic personalities — the Monroe Street mark has grown from a former days as Gallup! Coffee and Bakehouse (which Cait used to manage) into a friendly mark that hosts peculiarity low-pitched acts from time to time. “Artists adore personification there since people listen,” says Paul. The Hilldale plcae is airy, open and light-filled. They enjoyed conceptualizing a new space from scratch. “We got to collect everything,” says Cait.
Nicole PeasleeThe menu: For food, try a organic peanut butter and Door County cherry granola with a drizzle of maple syrup served on a thick-cut cut of toast. “We unequivocally don’t wish we to leave hungry,” Cait says about a approach they cut their toast. “We wish to take caring of we when you’re here.” A preference of other baked goods, breakfast sandwiches and burritos will assistance fuel your morning.
The must-try: Order a nitro cold-brewed coffee done with Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. beans, that are used for all coffee equipment served in-house. The foamy-topped nitro, grown by Paul, has turn a patron favorite. “It feels like you’re celebration a drink kind of,” says Cait.
Nicole PeasleeThe bottom line: At a Monroe Street mark and a new Hilldale location, Crescendo will get we revved adult with a well-brewed crater of coffee, a live uncover or a juicy breakfast item. We also can’t wait to check out a walk-up espresso window and outside bar seating that a Siriannis will supplement this open during a Hilldale location.
Crescendo Espresso Bar + Music Cafe
1859 Monroe St., 284-7908
Crescendo Espresso Bar, 719 Hilldale Way, 620-5789