“Everyone who comes in here on the weekend is bound to meet our family we’re always here drinking coffee and talking. “It is about a having a place for people to hang out together,” said De La Cruz. They intend to bring in Latina made products that Oak Park residents may not be familiar with.ĭuring the pandemic Cruz took classes to learn more about the science behind brewing a perfect cup of coffee, but she is clear Great Sip Café is going to be a place that allows her to share her personal love of coffee with customers she intends to treat like family. De La Cruz and her mother view the café as a place to share with artists and artisans. Great Sip is a “grass roots kind of place” that Cruz hopes to develop to meet the needs and desires of the community it serves and her own family. Their brown sugar latte and jamon Punta Cana sandwich are proving to be popular among current customers. Sip Shop & Celebrate Showcasing Artists and Refreshments on Solano Avenue.
For now, the café menu consists of the classic array of coffee drinks and a small food menu. In the future they hope to build on the types of coffee they serve at Great Sip Café and intend to focus on Latin-owned and woman owned coffee roasters. They found the perfect product in Bassline Espresso from Chicago’s Passion House Coffee Roasters citing its slightly sweet cocoa notes and nutty flavor profile as selling points. That same entrepreneurial spirit is the characteristic both Cruz and her daughter anticipate will help their new business thrive.Ĭruz is a “stickler” about how coffee should taste and went in search of a purveyor that offered a smooth tasting blend evocative of the coffee she enjoyed as a child. Long story short I wrote the owner and told her I couldnt attend. The cleaning business connects her to the Oak Park community where she lived with her family before moving to Berwyn. 6 reviews of Sip Shop Eat TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. Today Cruz owns and operates RC Janitorial Services in addition to running Great Sip Café.
She started a house cleaning business in 2001 that grew into a commercial janitorial service business. Though Cruz may be new to café ownership, she is a small business veteran.
This event is a Girlz Night Out (yes leave the men at home) filled with some special hand picked vendors for your summer fashions, deletactable (alcholoic and non-alcholic) drinks, and so many other surprises for the night. “We were starting from scratch and this space required less capital because it had infrastructure in place.” Sip, Shop and Socialize is a fundraiser event for the Women Walking in their Own Shoes (WWITOS) Scholarship Fund. “Kalki was so nice and welcoming to us and said there was enough room for both businesses here,” said De La Cruz. Sip Shop Eat is a unique shopping experience celebrating all the best in food, style and drinks SSE weekends feature up to 25+ brands, handcrafted drinks. It really is the more the merrier on this block.” “I told them it will all work out and to look deep into their culture to find something that works for them. All the best in food, style and drinks collide at the immersive and interactive Sip Shop Eat Pop-Up Time & Location. But I suppose that none of them compares with Sip wine and beer shop – with the best selection of light alcoholic drinks in Estonia, those guys are my heroes! Not only do they sell all sorts of crafted local beer but they have a truly encyclopedic selection of the best custom brews from around the world.īy the way, if you are not sure what souvenirs you should bring back from Estonia, it makes sense to choose something from Sip.“I am all about loving my neighbors,” said Tesfaye. This is the perfect tour for girlfriends and bachelorettes who love to shop, drink, take pictures, and get awesome discounts. Your drinks, food, and exclusive discounts are included with the purchase of your ticket. Proceeds from the Holiday Sip & Shop will help support the Womens Leadership Network Scholarship to benefit professional women who would like to further. Well, if you know the right spots, of course there are some bars with a nice selection. Sip n' Shop Nashville Tours Nashville's ONLY all inclusive shopping tour. The biggest problem for those willing to taste something different is that craft beers are usually not available on the mass market.
There is a whole bunch of smaller breweries around (sometimes it’s just a single man!) who are able to create very interesting and original stuff. Le Coq products on tap that Estonia actually does have a nice tradition of producing really good craft beer. It’s probably not obvious after visiting local pubs in Tallinn with mostly Saku and A.