Raise your mug for the grand opening of Kickapoo Coffee Roasters (232 E. Erie St., Third Ward) on Saturday, December 19. The first café opened by Viroqua, Wisconsin-based Kickapoo has come together rather inconspicuously. Café co-owner Scott Lucey and his partners recently installed their sign, but butcher paper-covered windows keep curious coffee freaks (present company included) from any peeking. But Lucey – who spent 12-plus years at Alterra-cum-Colectivo Coffee – is putting the pedal to the metal on the 19th, when he’ll officially roll out the espresso menu, along with a small, focused food menu (cookies, coffeecake and biscuits, including biscuit sandwiches). If you’re not familiar with Kickapoo, learn about the company and its coffees here. Saturday morning kickoff time is 7 a.m. The location is a half-block east of Hinterland.
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Kickapoo Coffee’s Third Ward Cafe to Open Saturday, Dec. 19
A Wisconsin-based roaster — known for award-winning coffee — debuts its very first cafe.
