Andrew Fazio and Wilson Johnson opened on John Street on March 17, 2020 and closed the next day when the city shut down. Fazio's father is a tailor and Johnson's father an artist and craftsman, a heritage the pair wanted to honor. Johnson works the kitchen, and a rotating list of American and international roasters, among them Nomad and Tim Wendelboe, fills the bar alongside a house espresso roasted by the head barista.
Two black fluted counters with white tops curve through the middle of the room, so the espresso machines sit in the open floor instead of against a wall. Round marble tables and high stools line the glass front, and white walls carry open shelves of retail goods and trailing plants.
