Delano coffee shop comes up with method for selling its food in the age of COVID-19
She’s not ready quite yet to have people dine inside at her popular Delano coffee shop.
But the food she sells really tastes best when eaten right away.
So Sarah Leslie, owner of Leslie Coffee Co. at 930 W. Douglas — which has been reopen for carryout only since May 4 — has come up with a new, safe way to market her food menu, which consists largely of designer toast: thick slices of bread piled with sweet and savory ingredients.
She’s selling picnic baskets filled with all the ingredients people need to build their own picnic lunches.
“I was looking at our food menu to see what we could do to make it more portable,” she said. “...Picnics are something I’ve seen several friends doing as a way to meet up outside and be social distanced but still hanging out together.”
For now, Leslie is offering three different baskets. The Avocado Basket includes three slices of bread, mashed avocado, balsamic pickled mustard seeds, roasted red pepper, aleppo pepper and sea salt, and it costs $15.
The Classic Basket, also $15, offers three slice of bread, goat cheese, two hard boiled eggs, blueberry jam, pickles and sea salt.
And the Vegan Basket, at $10, includes three slices of bread, almond butter, blueberry jam, olive oil and sea salt.
People can pay a little extra to add desserts like cookies or biscotti. Customers can also build their own baskets.
If the baskets take off in popularity, Leslie said, she has ideas for more items she could add to the offerings.
To order a basket — or anything else — From Leslie Coffee Co., visit lesliecoffee.co/.
This story was originally published July 1, 2020 at 2:33 PM.
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