This one has all of the makings of a fan favourite. We’re thrilled to see this thrilling new transform from Nashville’s Matryoshka Espresso, current winners of a Sprudge Design Award for excellent menu design. Matryoshka first appeared on the location again in early 2023, again once they had been a tiny 300-square-foot mini-bar doing huge issues with a small house. Nicely, that house has now tripled, with a big enlargement and lots of extra alternatives for the cafe to specific its signature maximalist explodey colourful model.
The 2025 Construct-Outs of Espresso is sponsored by Pacific Barista Sequence, La Marzocco, Ceado, and Dona.
As informed to Sprudge by Abbey Chiavario.
For many who aren’t acquainted, will you inform us about your organization?
We’re a colourful specialty espresso store recognized for having nice espresso, pleasant and knowledgable baristas, and enjoyable drinks in a enjoyable atmosphere. Our objective is to make everybody really feel welcome, whether or not they’re new to espresso or a longtime skilled.
Are you able to inform us a bit concerning the new house?
Matryoshka was housed inside 300 sq. ft, inside of a bigger 960-square-foot constructing that we shared with native espresso tech firm, Technico. They moved out to a brand new location in 2024, and so we expanded to occupy your complete house. We knocked down a wall, and changed the bar with a bigger one with extra room for baristas to work, and the cafe capability doubled. This has allowed us to be extra environment friendly whereas providing the identical enjoyable, intimate expertise as earlier than simply with a little bit extra respiration room.
What’s your strategy to espresso?
Our strategy to espresso is that it ought to be enjoyable. Just a few examples of how we do that is having drinks on our menu with sprinkles and glitter (Confetti Cuban), merch that’s foolish and nonsensical, and we function out of an atmosphere that’s brilliant, ethereal, and extremely colourful.
Any machines, coffees, particular gear lined up?
For espresso, we now have a two-group Slayer Steam LP and a Nuova Simonelli Mythos Clima Professional grinder. For our espresso program, we now have a FETCO 1231 V+ with a customized bathe head, and a BUNN G3 with SSP burrs inside. Actually, the Bunn is the sleeper agent. It will possibly grind high quality sufficient to do single photographs of espresso, and it does it fairly properly fairly persistently.
How is your challenge contemplating sustainability?
All of our disposables are compostable and we compost with an area composting firm. Apart from the usuals like reusable straws and BYO to-go cup reductions, we’re all the time considering of recent methods we could possibly be extra sustainable like other people we glance as much as within the business.
What’s your hopeful goal opening date/month?
We simply reopened on Could sixth of 2025.
Are you working with craftspeople, architects, and/or creatives that you just’d like to say?
Claro Studios in Nashville, TN for our cabinetry, and Purple Rock Tileworks for our bar entrance tile. The proprietor (me lol) Abbey Chiavario designed the house, and designed and painted the mural in there.
Thanks!
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The 2025 Construct-Outs of Espresso is sponsored by Pacific Barista Sequence, La Marzocco, Ceado, and Dona.
