Chocolate Creations Unlike Anything You’re Used To
You may have heard about Seattle’s Pike Place Market’s $74 million expansion, which will have it’s grand opening this Thursday, June 29th. We’re [...read more...]
Food
Stuff we like to eat.
Happy Tastebuds: Blue Marble Ice Cream
In 2007, two friends joined forces to create the best quality ice cream with the best quality ingredients. Alexis Gallivan and Jennie Dundas came together to offer a [...read more...]
Ready In a Pinch: Jar Goods
High-quality ingredients paired with the ease is a winning combo for sisters-in-law, Melissa and Laura Vitelli. They created Jar Goods with one simple mission: Offer [...read more...]
Banana Mocha Latte Smoothie
Some people enjoy guzzling down flavorless protein supplements and artificial powdered drinks before a tough workout. We’d rather keep things a bit more—real. With [...read more...]
The Pasta Revolution: Banza
Traditional pasta is a high-carb, not-so-healthy food option—but Banza has changed everything. Their chickpea-based pasta has half the carbs, twice the protein and best [...read more...]
Iced or Hot? Cashew Milk Tea Latte
Try this delicious hack on a cashew milk hot or iced tea latte. Rather than simply blending cashew nuts with water to make a dairy free milk, we’re swapping plain water [...read more...]
Granny Smith Compote: Tastebud Approved
Compote comes in all different shapes and sizes. Some served hot, some cold—but all have that sweet syrupy taste of candied fruits and zesty spices. This Granny Smith Apple [...read more...]
Made Right Here: Hedley & Bennett
Hedley & Bennett, one of LA’s coolest culinary companies, creates beautiful handmade aprons for some of the country’s top chefs. We were lucky enough to chat with [...read more...]
A Year in Coffee
Cold Coffee on the Go We introduced the world to the first ever Draft Latte, and then got them hooked on Mocha, Vanilla and Triple. Shop Draft Latte New Places to Find Us We [...read more...]
Home Cooked Holiday Recipes
The holidays are quickly approaching, and we’ve got just the right recipes to make any meal merrier. From a tender dry rubbed short rib to a confectionery corsica bread [...read more...]
Thankful for our People and Pie
It’s been one heck of a year and we are so unbelievably grateful to have such an amazing team supporting each other. From the cafes and kitchen, to sales and [...read more...]
Made Right Here: Natural Sourdough
Welcome to our new blog series, Made Right Here. One day we looked around and realized all the things we loved most – the food, the art, the drinks, the wares – [...read more...]
Coffee + Spice Rub Recipe
A little coffee can take your grilling game to the next level. It’s the 4th of July this weekend and if you really want to impress your crew, create your own dry rub [...read more...]
Scenes from our Home Grown Supper Club
At La Colombe, we believe in eating locally and seasonally. In our flagship cafe in Fishtown, Philadelphia, we strive to serve fresh ingredients that celebrate our vibrant [...read more...]
Sourdough Cinnamon Buns at the Fishtown Cafe
At our Fishtown café, we want to provide an inspired breakfast. This week, we visited with our head pastry chef, Angela, to see how she makes our skillet-warmed Cinnamon [...read more...]
La Colombe Fishtown Spring Menu
Spring has sprung, so we’ve updated our Fishtown eats to reflect the bright, beautiful weather! We have 5 delicious new items available from 11am-4pm at our flagship [...read more...]
Our New Morning Routine: Homestyle Granola Bars
We can’t get enough of the new granola bars we’re serving at the Fishtown café. Our now favorite morning routine is to grab a bar and a pour-over of our latest [...read more...]
Recipe sharing with a dear friend, Mario Batali
Earlier this year, Chef Mario Batali challenged us to create a selection of coffees that showcase the joys of sitting in an Italian cafe, enjoying a coffee or espresso with [...read more...]
Come Hungry, Stay Late: Fishtown Evening Menu
Working for La Colombe, you end up being a guinea pig for a lot of awesome coffee and culinary experiments. Our Fishtown café baristas and chefs are always having us taste [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Potato Chip Omelet Sandwich
Recipe: Potato Chip Omelet Sandwich Serves: 1 in a jiffy Coffee: Savoia – Vietnamese style Inspiration If you think stuffing a handful of potato chips into a sandwich [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Pure Black Beef Jerky
Recipe: Pure Black Beef Jerky Serves: 2 C0ffee: Pure Black Inspiration Whether it comes from a filling station, truck stop or smokehouse market, whatever its style or [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Breakfast Couscous
Recipe: Breakfast Couscous Serves: 2 huge eaters Coffee: French Press Afrique Inspiration What makes couscous work in this recipe is also what made it so valuable in its [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: The Philly-Churri
Recipe: The Philly-Churri Serves: 3-4 People Coffee: Nizza, on the Stovetop Inspiration Our hometown has a huge food history, and most of it lies between two slices of [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Brazilian Cheese Bread
Recipe: Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pao de Queijo) Serves: approximately 24 rolls Coffee: Pure Black, over ice Inspiration Although we are constantly experimenting with savory [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Bacon-fried Brussels Sprouts with Pears & Sour Cherries
Inspiration One of our fine cooks, Courtney Lapresi, the most recent MasterChef winner, wanted to share with you her delicious Bacon-fried Brussels Sprouts with Pears & [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Coffee-Rubbed Chicken Sandwich
La Colombe: The Sandwich Solution Perfectly portioned to fit on muffins with darker meat that stays moist, even when refrigerated. Behold the glory of what can happen when we [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Grilled Fontina with Apple
Recipe: Grilled Fontina with Apple Coffee: Louisiane blend, French press. Get yourself a few thin slices of Fontina (a nice nutty taste for Autumn/Winter), two pieces of [...read more...]
Roasted Chicken, Wild Mushroom, and Smoked Mozzarella Enchilada Recipe From the Coffee Window
Recipe: Roasted Chicken, Wild Mushroom, and Smoked Mozzarella Enchilada Serves: 6 to 8 Coffee: Louisiane – smoky Inspiration Hunger, my friend. Hunger calls for speed. And [...read more...]
Johnny Cakes Recipe from the Coffee Window
Recipe: Johnny Cakes Makes: Approximately 15 small cakes Coffee: Phocea on Stovetop Inspiration Johnny Cakes, America’s oldest pancakes that started out as “journey [...read more...]
Mexican Hot Coffee-Chocolate Recipe
Blended coffee drinks get a bad rap because most of the time, they are just too sweet. It pays to remember that coffee is a spice, and its savory richness should always be [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Porc Jam
Recipe: Porc Jam Yield: approximately 2 ½ cups Coffee: Corsica as drip (dark and strong) When it comes to breakfast, we all have two choices: there is the sweet, and there [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Hot Buttered Coffee A.K.A. the “Hot Todd-y”
Coming up with ideas for recipes is a lot like travel: I don’t always know exactly where I am going. In this case, I started out thinking about grog — more specifically [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Vegetable Chili Baked in Acorn Squash
Recipe: Vegetable Chili Baked in Acorn Squash Serves: 6 Coffee: La Colombe’s Brazil – Blue Diamond Inspiration A gift from the New World to early settlers, squash was [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Coconut Sweet Potato Casserole
Recipe: Coconut Sweet Potato Casserole Serves: 6 Coffee: La Colombe’s Guatemala – Tomastepec Inspiration Although sweet potatoes are an integral part of our fall [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Harvest Apple Crisp
Recipe: Harvest Apple Crisp Serves: 6 Coffee: La Colombe’s Nicaragua – El Diamante Auction Lot With over 21,000 acres of apple-growing land, our home state of [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Island Pork Roast for Sandwiches
Recipe: Island Pork Roast for Sandwiches Serves: 6 Coffee: Pure Black As we get ready to open our new bakery-cafe in the Fishtown neighborhood of our hometown, the great city [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Red Beans and Rice, Minus the Rice
Recipe: Red Beans and Rice, Minus the Rice Serves: 4 hearty eaters Coffee: Lousiane, our smoky Southern-influenced blend When it comes to food with a sense of time and place, [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Coffee Rum Shrimp Tacos
Recipe: Coffee Rum Shrimp Tacos Makes: 8 to serve 4 Coffee: Lots of Pure Black on ice It’s a simple equation: Our passion for the fish taco plus our fascination with North [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Curry Grilled Eggplant Pita w/Carrot Raisin Salad & Spiced Feta Spread
Recipe: Curry Grilled Eggplant Pita with Carrot Raisin Salad & Spiced Feta Spread Makes: 6 to 8 Coffee: Pure Black There’s no doubt that each component can stand on its [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Peach Cobbler
Recipe: Peach Cobbler Serves: about 6 Coffee: Burundi – Birabereye In some parts of the country, this old fashion baked fruit and dough dish is called a “buckle,” [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Spicy Watermelon Salad
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Spicy Watermelon Salad The La Colombe 4th of July Series: During this week, we’ll be posting three interlocking recipes, designed for [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Coffee Baked Barbecue Beans
The La Colombe 4th of July Series: During this week, we’ll be posting three interlocking recipes, designed for backyard grilling and outdoor eating. Recipe Two: Coffee [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Elotes
The La Colombe 4th of July Series: During this week, we’ll be posting three interlocking recipes, designed for backyard grilling and outdoor eating. Recipe One: Elotes [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Garlic Sour Pickles
Garlic Sour Pickles Coffee: Pure Black There’s practically nothing you can pull off a grill that doesn’t benefit from a side of crisp sour pickles laced with garlic. [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Deviled Eggs
Deviled Eggs Makes 12 Coffee: Pure Black From backyard barbecues to park picnics, this is “covered dish” season, when everyone pitches in by contributing to the meal. [...read more...]
The Spring Sandwich and Soup Combo
Recipe: Smoked Mozzarella/Prosciutto Cotto/Basil Sandwich & (Somewhat) Spicy Tomato Soup Coffee: Pure Black cold-brew We are declaring this to be a soup and sandwich [...read more...]
Smoked Chicken Recipes from the Coffee Window
Smoked Chicken Nachos Mexican Jambalaya Serve with: Pure Black cold-brew It is finally getting to the point when it is warmish when we wake up and still warmish when we fall [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Coffee-Rubbed Brisket Dip
The Recipe: Coffee-Rubbed Brisket Dip Coffee: Fishtown seasonal blend (find here) How much coffee is too much coffee? That’s a question we don’t even understand. Because [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Moroccan Chicken
Recipe: Moroccan Chicken Serves: about 6 Coffee: Try our Nicaragua-Mama Mina available here. We are coffee people: We like flavor – big, complex flavor. But we are also [...read more...]
Recipe from the Coffee Window: Duck Bánh Mì
Recipe: Duck Bánh Mì Coffee: Vietnamese iced coffee with our smoky Corsica blend. When it comes to sandwiches, we love a story – no difference with the Bánh Mì: [...read more...]
