Ever stroll down Prince Arthur Street in the Plateau? The pedestrian-only street features restaurants, bars and live venues such as Cafe Campus. The latest instalment on the street is Cafe Saporoso, on the corner of Coloniale and Prince Arthur.

Family-owned by local Italians, the food and coffee are exact in reference to the recipes and delicious tastes of the home country and it’s region. Open from morning to night, Saporoso offers a great breakfast sandwich and other delicacies in the morning, followed by a daily-fresh lunch menu including pastas, pizzas and sandwiches. Dinner is casual and perfect before a night out on the town.

All the flavors on the menu are a MUST-Try. Personal favorites including the chicken-cutlet burger, any of the pastas of the day (last time I had fusili with peas and a meaty sausage sauce). They have the cappuccino perfected and the machiado is definitively mastered as well.

Aside from the standard soccer games on the flatscreen above the coffee bar, Cafe Saporoso also has a piano sitting pretty in the front window. And if you’re lucky enough. Pasquale D’Alessio, the younger brother of managing-owner Nicola, is a trained tenor musician and will sit down on Friday mornings to play classic to current songs for the coffee rush.

It’s really special to hear him sing and play the piano. On hot summer evenings, Pasquale will sit outside on the front terrace with a guitar on his lap and take requests on command, but only if you know him!

Cafe Saporoso brings a new, subtle and much needed flare to Prince Arthur Street. With touristy, bring-your-own-wine restaurants dotting the street, Saporoso offers genuine tastes, quality coffee and a friendly atmosphere for the masses.

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Photography by Anthony J. Branco