


There are also coffees from Dune Coffee Roasters out of Santa Barbara, California including Sumatra, El Salvador and Honduras. "Madcap was a roaster that followed on that wave, but really focused their energy on the quality of the coffee." "In the early 2000s, you had a wave of roasters like Counter Culture, Stumptown and Intelligentsia who emphasized product quality, direct trade, and sustainable business practices," says Colin. Selections include coffees from Kenya, Costa Rica and Ethiopia which vary from fruity, mild and light to clean and aromatic. Selections currently include roasts from Madcap Coffee Co., a roaster in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The cafe’s menu includes house coffee featuring a blend from Madcap, as well as pour-overs, which can be made from the guest’s choice of seven to ten coffees. to 6 p.m.) and a slightly abbreviated menu through the holiday weekend, will launch regular hours on Monday, Sept. The cafe, which will observe abbreviated hours (from 8 a.m. "But our families were also instrumental to the process."įor example, banquettes in the airy cafe were built by Emily’s father and their upholstered backs were made by her mother.

"We did a lot of the work ourselves," notes Colin. But you’ll also find details, from the tiles on the dropped ceiling above the coffee bar to the paint on the walls, which were completed by the Whitcombs themselves. Inside the cafe – which showcases a mix of modern and classic design and a color palate focusing on black, white and rich forest green – you’ll find the work of Steve McGuire of McGuire Contractors, a firm whose projects include Blue’s Egg in Milwaukee and Alderaan Coffee. Located in the historic Hotel Wisconsin, Canary Coffee Bar is just steps away from the entrance for The Avenue and the forthcoming 3rd Street Market Hall, a hop away from Fiserv Forumand just around the corner from the Warner Grande Theater, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's new concert hall. Yesterday morning, Emily and Colin Whitcomb quietly swung open the doors of their new Downtown cafe, the Canary Coffee Bar at 720 N.
