Coffee-shop horror serving Lake towns.
The coffee brand themed on monster movies, slasher flicks and sci-fi horror is screaming into Montverde and Clermont.
Coffee Shop of Horrors is readying to open a full brickand-mortar cafe and bakery in Montverde this month with a bigger and scarier location coming to Clermont in November.
The business, which takes its name from the campy cult film “Little Shop of Horrors,” has been selling its line of fresh roasted beans and blends for two decades with names such as zombie dirt, graveyard shift and roastbusters.
Coffee Shop of Horrors has four dozen blends and is set to release two more this fall.
The Montverde shop should open before Halloween at 16910 Franklin Ave., while the 3,000-square-foot Clermont store is on track to open in November at 795 W. Montrose St.
The coffee shops will be a way to extend the horror names and packaging into a full-scale experience, said owner Roxana Stan.
“The downtown Clermont shop will be our flagship because it will be really spectacular,” Stan said. “It’s gonna be like the Rainforest Café with horror all over it.”
The Clermont shop will have a full bakery with horrorthemed delectables. It will also be decked out with monsters and science-fiction artwork and statues. Stan said artists are working on a giant Venus fly-trap plant reminiscent of the iconic plant from Little
Shop of Horrors. It will also have live music and sell tea, soaps and treats.
After those two shops are open, Stan said she hopes to expand to Orlando and beyond.
Upscale sushi
Intimate sushi bar Kadence has opened from the owners of the former Kappo restaurant at East End Market. It will be one of the most upscale sushi experiences in Florida, with a nine-person table and sushi chefs preparing nigiri and Edomae-style sushi right in front of the guests.
Co-owner Lordfer Lalicon said the restaurant will offer an omakase-style dinner, roughly translated to a chef ’s dinner menu. The chefs will use seasonal fish for the menu.
Kadence will have two dinner services a night and the regular nightly meals run $135 to $145 per person. A typical night’s menu will run about 18 courses. Reservations are required.
Under construction for more than a year at the former Winter Park Beer Co. space, Kadence has kept the same team that operated Kappo of Mark Vyan Berdin, Lalicon and Jennifer Bañagale. It’s at 1809 Winter Park Road in Orlando’s Audubon Park district.
Puerto Rico delivery
Most areas of Puerto Rico have regained UPS shipping service in the wake of Hurricane Maria, the company said Thursday. Air shipments, small package and some freight services are available in 149 of the island’s 176 ZIP codes, UPS said, while notifying customers of changes in its service while conditions on the ground in Puerto Rico are still stricken with heavy damage.