Inside the brand new Take Two Espresso store in Fort Myers Florida. Photograph by Claudya Ivie Pictures, courtesy of Take Two Espresso.

With espresso and doughnuts, Take Two Espresso is taking a second run at bricks-and-mortar in Fort Myers, Florida, relocating from its unique cafe to a higher-visibility location. 

A bit of over two miles south of the unique store, the brand new spot for high-quality espresso and candy treats at 3594 Broadway maximizes 800 sq. toes of area with vibrant pops of colour, vegetation hanging from macramé, out of doors murals and a number of seating choices between the white partitions. 

The store continues to mix freshly made doughnuts, plus some savory gadgets, with freshly roasted coffees, the latter passing by way of an offsite Probat P12 roaster overseen by co-owner Caleb MacPherson.

“We have been hoping to do a extra full job at representing our shiny and retro branding,” MacPherson lately advised Every day Espresso Information. “This may be seen by way of our epoxy speckled flooring that has our key colours of orange, teal and white in it. We even have a white sq. tile bar with our teal-colored grout.”

An excellent customized orange 2-group La Marzocco Linea PB espresso machine radiates cheeriness from the espresso bar, whereas additionally connecting to Mahlkönig E80 Grind-by-Sync grinders. A Mahlkönig EK43S grinder preps coffees for a Curtis batch brewer.

Based by MacPherson and fellow business veteran Hunter Keslar as a wholesale roasting firm in 2023, Take Two opened its unique store in Might of 2024 in an area in the back of a historic Fort Myers constructing.

“Though it’s on one of many essential throughways into Fort Myers, entry was on a aspect avenue. Outside signage was additionally not allowed; nor may we defrost the home windows,” MacPherson stated. “We cherished our first store, however the location was extremely troublesome for our prospects to realize entry to.”

After giving it a go for 13 months, the corporate moved ahead with its second soak up a extra central location, throughout the road from an expert faculty, subsequent door to a preschool and close to a wide range of medical and workplace areas.

“The brand new location has been slammed busy,” stated MacPherson. “We even have a ton of properties and small households in our neighborhood on the north aspect of our store. It’s a stunning combine of individuals.”

The Take Two creators are at the moment planning to construct out a roastery and kitchen subsequent to the brand new store, together with a Diedrich IR 24 machine and a cupping lab. Within the meantime, Take Two is continuous to rotate seasonal coffees and specialty drinks, together with some playful new non-coffee drinks for summer season.

Mentioned MacPherson, “It’s been a whirlwind on our finish.”

Take Two Espresso is situated at 3594 Broadway in Fort Myers.

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