eat.shop new england: Included in the adorable mini-guide of New England

eat.shop at kafe’ lila

Kafe’ Lila is featured in the 2009 Eat Shop Guide for the New England region. Even in a book that covers the whole New England region, and we still made the cut! We’ll be getting copies of the guide soon to sell in the Kafe, so swing by for your copy!

 

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Edible Rhody, Winter 2007: Rhode Trip; An Edible Itinerary

Excerpt: …[W]itness Pawtucket’s own fledgling cultural renaissance from one of its founding points: the newly rehabbed Grant building. …I come for the coffee. Always fair trade, in summer it’s cold pressed; in winter, when I need my drinks not just hot, but substantial, it’s Turkish coffees with their signature strength and sludge. … Karen’s commitment to sustainable practices appears in all her offerings, from the local Little City Grower greens in her Maltese-influenced tuna salad to the hand-made batches of ice creams she prepares using Rhody Fresh cream, milk and eggs. And do not fret, her ice creams, with their avant-garde pairings such as blue cheese and praline, know no season.

Story and Photos by Jan Faust

 

RI Monthly: Rest Stop

This article appears in the September 2007 issue of Rhode Island Monthly

Pawtucket needs the backing of some creative minds to reach its full economic potential, and applicants can now turn to the Grant Building for a blueprint. A turn-of-the-century structure with sleek hardwoods and cast-iron railings, the Grant is home to a variety of small creative upstarts as well as its cornerstone coffee shop, kafe’ lila (pronounced lay-la). This matte-yellow enclave is the brainchild of Karen Pace (artist-turned-entrepreneur by way of the culinary world) who serves up an array of fair-trade coffee drinks, organic teas, baked goods, specialty sandwiches (embellished with tapenade and homemade pickles) and a laundry list of exotic housemade ice creams like banana hazelnut, and vegan caramelized peach. The chic space is reminiscent of a post-war living room outfitted with kitschy card tables, plenty of potted plants and sofas that your mother would have protected with plastic covers. Shop hours have already been extended into the early evening, and, if business builds, Pawtucket may finally get its own late-night coffee klatch.

By Karen Deutsch

 

The Bucket Blog: Frymaster Speck waxes poetic

Kafe’ Lila is mentioned more than once in this great blog of all things Pawtucket. He should mention us, we are in the same building… but seriously, this entry mentions another great institution in Pawtucket, Machines with Magnets, and recalls the day we were visited by art-rock icons Queens of the Stone Age.

 

 

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