WILMINGTON — A new café is opening in the city’s downtown offices, from the owners of Brooklyn Café on North Fourth Street.
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Skyline Café will officially open on June 17 and serve coffee and espresso drinks, homemade baked goods, and locally sourced lunch items.
The move comes as Three Friends Coffee closed at Skyline Center in April after the city didn’t renew its lease. The Skyline Center is the city’s official headquarters at 929 N. Front St. and houses more than 300 employees. Though the cafe is also open to the public.
Its expansion is a venture from the Brooklyn Café team, including Tara English, Rodney and Marilyn Robbins, and head baker, Brenda Davis. The second location will expand the team to a total of a dozen employees. As well, local art from area creators will be featured on its walls.
“For us, it’s always been about more than just great coffee and good food; it’s about creating a place that feels like home,” English said in a press release. “After years of serving downtown Wilmington and building something special with our family, we’re excited to bring that same spirit to Skyline Center. It feels like joining a new kind of family; one that’s growing, evolving, and rooted in the same values we care about: connection, innovation, and community.”
Brooklyn Café evolved from Ollie’s Coffee and Donuts, which was inspired by the family’s Grandmother Ollie’s recipe. The donuts will be served at the Skyline Café as well, along with locally roasted coffee, sweet and savory kolaches (a Czech pastry), muffins, banana balls, biscotti, sweet breads, and coffee cakes, and grab-and-go lunch from a local downtown partner.
Its hours will be Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the opening and ribbon-cutting taking place at 11 a.m. on June 17.
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