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| Inside Cafe Madeleine, San Diego |
IN SAN DIEGO—For
owner Christine Perez, the beginnings of Cafe Madeleine started with a history
of trips to France “...to visit my husbands family. A simple crepe on the
streets of Paris, was an experience in French fast food. From these
experiences, to our home kitchen in South Park, and finally to Cafe Madeleine.”
Cafe Madeleine (2248 30th
St. @Juniper / 619.544.1735), opened its doors on the cusp of two hip San Diego
urban neighborhoods--South Park and North Park--on May 31, 2010. One look at CM's old bungalow style apartment building storefront that was
converted into a cozy cafe and you will see the similarities with
those classic sidewalk cafes in Paris and Europe.
It’s not a coffee house, but
it is a house and they do serve coffee.
They’re proud of the Parisian menu of crepes and other French
specialties and they take pride in having created a culture of community,
authentic French food and as they boast "The Worlds Finest Cup of
Coffee" together.
Says Christine, “Once you
have tasted illy, you'll understand why it's the #1 choice of celebrated chefs
and coffee connoisseurs. Cup after cup illy provides the same consistant and
distinctive taste. That's because the illy family has been perfecting espresso coffee
in Trieste, Italy since 1933. The result? An unforgettable experience you'll
want to enjoy again and again.”
Another ingredient of Café
Madeleine’s success is ambience. “We
have worked hard to serve consistent high quality French street food in a architectural
ambiance of a Parisian cafe.”
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| Decor touches gracefully add to the ambience of Cafe Madeleline |
Café Madeleine oozes Art
Nouveau from its sidewalk chairs, crimson umbrellas lining the sidewalk to the
mural of Toulouse-Lautrec-like decorative painting on the Juniper Street side
of the building done by Alexandra Pastorino, a French artist now living in Los
Angeles.
Perez is creating a second
location for Café Madeleine at El Cajon Boulevard and Utah Streets in North
North Park. Residents are looking
forward to a nice looking cafe there in what has been a very drab
intersection.
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