Tazza d'Oro (Pittsburgh)

Enrico Biscotti
Restaurant information
Established June 23, 1999 (1999-06-23)[1]
Current owner(s) Amy Enrico[2]
Street address 1125 North Highland Avenue
City Pittsburgh
State Pennsylvania
Other locations Gates and Hillman Centers
Website www.tazzadoro.net

Tazza D'Oro (Italian: [ˈtattsa ˈdɔːro]) is a café and espresso bar located in Pittsburgh.[2] The name means "Golden Cup/Mug" in Italian.[3] The main location is in Highland Park neighborhood, where it has become a centerpiece of neighborhood[4] There is a second location in the Gates and Hillman Centers at Carnegie Mellon University.

It has been identified as part of a trend for higher quality coffee in Pittsburgh.[5]

The European-style cafe[3] serves only single-origin coffee.[6] The current coffee roaster is Verve, located in Santa Cruz, California.[1] The cafe has acquired a reputation as being bicycle-friendly, and in honor of those customers, the cafe offers a special coffee roast called "Bicycle Love."[6] All told, about 70% of the food is locally sourced.[1] This includes the pastries, which are produced by the family's bakery.[7] The cafe displays post cards from customers' travels.[7][nb 1]

The owner is Amy Enrico.[2] She is a graduate of University of Pittsburgh and was a co-founder of nTouch Research, Inc., a company that had conducted medical tests for pharmaceutical companies.[3] Her travels, including to Seattle, inspired her dream of owning a coffee shop.[3] Her family owns Enrico's Bakery in Jeannette, Pennsylvania.[6] Now in its 3rd generation of family ownership, the bakery is managed by her brother.[2]

It opened in June 1999.[1] Enrico had received assistance from Community Development Corporation, a non-profit group that assists redevelopment in Highland Park.[3] As of 2000, the coffee shop had grown to 12 employees.[3] The shop's original coffee roasters was Batdorf and Bronson, and later to Verve Coffee Roasters, a small company in Santa Cruz, California[6] For a time, there had been a location on Penn Avenue in the Pittsburgh Central Downtown Historic District portion of Downtown Pittsburgh.[2] In 2009, a new location opened in the Gates and Hillman Centers at Carnegie Mellon University.[9] A number of businesses had sought to locate in that building, and Tazza D'Oro's offer was aided by the commitment to "fair trade and organically grown coffee."[5]

In 2009, Tazza D'Oro celebrated its 10-year anniversary with more than 200 customers who enjoyed coffee and offerings from East End Brewing Company.[6] Enrico has worked with East Liberty Development Inc. to attract more businesses to the neighboring area, especially Bryant Street.[10]

The cafe periodically hosts local officials for discussions with constituents.[11]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ There is no relation to fellow Pittsburgh cafe Enrico Biscotti Company.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "About Tazza D’Oro".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Enrico's Tazza D'Oro at the Curtain call". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 3, 2001. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ganster, Kathleen (February 10, 2000). "A Corner of Europe in Highland Park". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. ↑ Thomas, Clarke (February 4, 2004). "The City Neighborhood That Could". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Millman, China (November 5, 2009). "What's Brewing: Local cafes venture into some high-profile spots". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Millman, China (June 25, 2009). "What's Brewing: Tazza brews up a sense of community on its milestone anniversary". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Munch Goes to Enrico's Tazza D'Oro". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 10, 2000. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  8. ↑ Green, Caralyn (February 17, 2010). "Enrico Biscotti to open Highland Park location". Pop City Media. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  9. ↑ Agarwal, Prerna (November 2, 2009). "Tazza D’Oro on campus". The Tartan. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  10. ↑ Jones, Diana Nelson (July 15, 2007). "Commercial Highland Park street rebounding". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  11. ↑ Nelson Jones, Diana (May 22, 2008). "Councilman gets an earful, but he asked for it". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 6, 2013.

Coordinates: 40°28′29″N 79°55′08″W / 40.4747°N 79.9188°W / 40.4747; -79.9188

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