La Reunion General Manager and competitive barista Ali Abderrahman also stands by La Reunion’s batch brew offerings, according to the owner. It’s a fantastically balanced but sweet coffee custard in a glass.”Ĭoffee for the Carajillo and all other espresso beverages is ground first by a set of obsessively maintained and calibrated Mahlkönig Peak and EK43 grinders prior to extraction on the Modbar. “Our take is an espresso with Licor 43 and a splash of brandy, chilled then dry shaken with an egg white. “Our only offering is the simple but delicious Carajillo,” said Mettendorf. The spirit of craft pervades both, although Mettendorf said the company doesn’t indulge much in coffee cocktails or mocktails. With seating for 10 people along the white marble-topped bar and for three more at the wood-topped espresso and pourover station, coffee and cocktails are performed with neighborly intimacy while rarely overlapping. “Our kitchen is tiny - just 300 square feet - however, we prepare all of our offerings from scratch.”Ī counter-mounted Modbar AV espresso system contributes to the show. “Our goal was to envelop our guests in the process - to be transparent and theatrical,” La Reunion Owner Michael Mettendorf told Daily Coffee News. Roasting in the 1,500-square-foot space occurs on a 5-kilo US Roaster Corp machine situated in front of a cool-blue tile wall visible to patrons inside and to passersby on the street.
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La Reunion - which takes its name from the 1850s socialist utopian community that once occupied the area - opened in October with a mission to offer fresh, high-quality coffee, food and drinks.
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All images courtesy of La Reunion.Īn epicurean utopia has emerged in the Bishop Arts neighborhood in Oak Cliff, Dallas, where a kitchen, on-site coffee roastery and full craft bar work in unison for the enjoyment of all.
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The new La Reunion coffee bar and cafe in the Bishop Arts neighborhood in Dallas’ Oak Cliff district.