This week’s cake at Respite is a citrusy yellow cake with a candied lemon buttercream. If you’re a die hard citrus fan like Courtney, this cake is for you.
Brian Horton at Flanders
April 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Art of the Cool Project is presenting a concert Friday April 6 by Brian Horton at Flanders Gallery as part of the After Hours Concert Series and we’re one of the food sponsors! From The Art of the Cool Project: Brian Horton is a composer, saxophonist, producer and jazz educator from Kinston, North Carolina. [...]
PB&J party with This & That Jam
March 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
From our friends at This and That Jam: We would like to invite you to our party to celebrate National Peanut Butter &Jelly Day at Fullsteam Brewery on April 2nd at 8pm. We’ll be there doing a canning demonstration to show you how easy it is to make your own tasty jams at home. [...]
This Week at Respite 3/28
March 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This week at Respite Cafe we’ll have a tasty chocolate cake (made with Mother Earth’s Dark Cloud) with a Patron XO buttercream. Coffee/chocolate/tequila goodness.
Racing the Cure Kickoff Event at Flanders
March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We’re are proud to be supporting Racing the Cure’s kickoff event at Flanders Gallery Friday night. Aside from us, there will be food from Dos Taquitos Centro and Capital Club 16, drinks from Big Boss Brewing, Lonerider, Counter Culture Coffee, and Sour Grapes Wine, and music from members of The Small Ponds and Bombadil.
This Week at Respite 3/21
March 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This week at Respite Cafe we’re bringing a chocolate cake made with Mother Earth’s Dark Cloud, our raspberry jam, and a vanilla bean buttercream. Goes great with a shot of espresso or a pour over made with locally roasted beans from Carrboro Coffee Company.
Designers Downtown Market Saturday 3/17
March 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We’ll be at the Designers Downtown Market on Saturday March 17. We open at 9 and run till 3, but we usually sell out before than. Come out early to get your fix. We’ll announce the menu soon. Requests can be made below in the comments or via Twitter or Facebook. We are planning on [...]
Wednesday 3/14 at Respite
March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Wednesday 3/14 at Respite Cafe in Durham, we’ll have a twist on an old classic: vanilla bean yellow cake with espresso ganache buttercream, made with Respites’s espresso roasted by Carrboro Coffee. It’ll probably be the bee’s knees. On sale by 11am on Wednesday.
Wedneday at Respite
March 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This week’s cake at Respite Cafe in Durham is one of our favorites! Pound cake made with Big Boss’s Hell’s Belle, our blood orange marmalade, ganache, and Belgian white chocolate buttercream. A citrus, chocolate taste bomb. Go have a slice and a nice cup of coffee or tea. On sale Wednesday March 7.
Some Words on the Albums from our IndieGoGo Campaign
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In case you didn’t know, we’re doing an IndieGogo campaign to raise some much needed cash for new equipment and to repair old equipment. For $50, we’re giving away three albums: A digital download of Jon Mueller‘s The Whole, a CD of Hallock Hill‘s There He Unforeseen, and a digital download of the new Rafiq [...]
