Root Coffeehouse

Friends, it’s time now to pass the torch (and this account) to “The Blue Spoon Ladies,” — Brenda and Christina — who joined us for a Goodbye-Hello Party today with delicious samples of what’s to come. They’ll open The Balkan here on June 13 and have big plans. We wish them all the best!

(They will inherit this account June 1, but you’ll want to follow them on their new account, The Balkan.)

Our next shop is McKay Street Coffeehouse and we’d like to tell you about it!

It will open in early June in the newly built Frontenac Public Library — an amazing project that includes the very cool Heritage Hall Museum and the Tavella Community Room!

At the corner of McKay and Crawford streets, we have a great view of the charming new Miners Park.

Brad’s great-grandpa Bortolo Stefanoni immigrated from Italy and settled in Frontenac, where he would work as a deep shaft coal miner for 45 years. He married the love of his life, Katie Falletti, daughter of Dominic Falletti, also an Italian immigrant. Brad grew up a half mile from McKay Street on property settled by his great grandparents in their coal company-issued mining house.

His grandpa and dad owned their own small business, the Frontenac Garage, first on McKay Street, and then around the corner on Cayuga, for many years.

To say our new project is meaningful is an understatement.

McKay Street Coffeehouse will be much smaller that Root, but will still have the quality service, delicious hand crafted drinks, and welcoming spirit you’ve come to expect from us.

We will be open roughly the same hours as Root, except Sundays, and we'll have some outside seating.

We will continue to partner with Signet Coffee Roasters where we buy our coffee beans, and Bearded Lady, where we buy our espresso beans, so the flavor profiles and high standards for quality coffee and espresso drinks will remain. And yes, we'll still serve Andra's Almond Tea!

At McKay Street, we will continue to sell our bags of Raven’s Roast under the McKay Street label, but we will rename our Opera House Roast (named after the historic building Root is in) to "Heritage Roast" as a nod to the Heritage Hall and Brad's heritage. You’ll be able to buy those beans starting in June!

We’d very much appreciate you following the new shop on Facebook and Instagram at and we’d love for you to drop in and see us when we open!

We’ll own Root until June 1 when we turn the keys over to the Blue Spoon ladies, who are renaming it "The Balkan" (by day) and "The Canary Lounge" (by night). You can follow that account on Facebook and Instagram!

They will be closed for a few weeks and will hold a grand re-opening on June 13!

Thank you for reading!

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- Andra, Brad, and Dominic Stefanoni