Caffe Niche
Today marks the grand opening of one of Your Heart Out’s new favorite lunch spots. How can you not embrace a new cafe that’s as trendy as it is tasty?
We can’t decide what we like best about Caffe Niche: the well-carried-out interior styling, the friendly staff, the menu of European-influenced soups and salads, or the cool downtown location (where Grunts and Posture used to be at 779 E. 300 South).
While an interior architect was brought in to help with installation decisions, most of the design/decorating work at Caffe Niche was carried out by the owners, who, like us, have a thing for eclectic design. Concrete floors and exposed cinder-block walls are polished with mid-century furniture, juxtaposed with baroque-style tables. This is all backdropped with funky green flocked wallpaper and fresh wildflowers. We felt right at home, and we hadn’t even gotten around to the food yet.
Caffe Niche serves espresso, coffee, breakfast and lunch. We tried a daily special, the “PLT”: Pancetta with Balsamic roasted tomatoes, arugula and lemon mayonnaise served on ciabatta bread, and the Bologna Panini ($6.50): Italian Moradelia and fresh goat cheese drizzled with Aceto Balsamico. We’re happy to recommend either. You’ll also see daily quiches and soups (Baked Potato and Leek, Roasted Carrot and Chicken Lime Orzo).
Caffe Niche features an expanded breakfast menu on weekends. You’re likely to see us there this Saturday and probably the next.
{Update:} Don’t be late! Caffe Niche’s hours are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday through Sunday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Oliver and I are going to go tonight and try it out! It looks amazing, is close to our apartment, and it is in our price range! Can’t wait. Thanks YHO!
April 9th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Not so fast, Carly! (Though we love your enthusiasm.) Niche is primarily a lunch spot for now; they’re only open until 4 p.m. If you end up going today or tomorrow or whenever, let us know what you thought!
April 10th, 2007 at 8:41 am
You guys are great!! Always looking for a new spot to try!!Thanks a bunch:)
April 10th, 2007 at 9:13 am
um….where grunts and posture USED to be? where is it now!? i’m getting panicky!
April 10th, 2007 at 10:12 am
Me and my co-worker went to lunch there yesterday and it was YUUUUUMMMY! Great suggestion guys.
April 10th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Yum! I can’t wait to try it.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Spyderette – Grunts & Postures is now located on 579 East 100 South. Caffe Niche also has 40% off coupons for Grunts & Postures at their order counter.
April 11th, 2007 at 6:43 am
thank-you thank-you! i am making the trek back to utah this summer and will be there for several weeks…i need to get my thrift on….:)
May 18th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
I heart Niche! I went last week for lunch and my oh my what an amazing tomato basil soup they have! Yummioso!
June 29th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Check it out. Starting tonight (6-29-07) Niche will serve tapas until early evening on Fridays and Saturday’s until they get their evening legs, then they will expand to more days. Plus, they got their beer and wine license and have very interesting, reasonably priced selections.
March 17th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I went there for a late lunch the other day. The atmosphere was great, I loved the mocha I got as well as the hot chocolate, and the cauliflower-pecorino-truffle soup was obscenely rich and savory, but I wasn’t much of a fan of the open-faced goat-cheese-and-arugula sandwich I ordered. The goat cheese was smooth and mild (a good thing, in my case), but the arugula refused to stay put and the lemon dressing dripped everywhere.
I’ll be going back, though. It’s so conveniently close, and the staff was very friendly. And maybe I can figure out a way to eat their sandwiches so I don’t go through quite so many napkins…
January 5th, 2009 at 10:03 am
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