Every Thursday and  Friday evening stop by Evolve Cafe and enjoy wine tasting along with different styles of cheese, while you experience the sights and sounds of local artists.

Come out on Thursday and Friday evenings between 7 PM and 10 PM and enjoy the sounds of local musicians.

In the past we’ve featured fantastic music from artists such as Kenny Young, Karen Morand and Richard Dutka.

As a special treat we invite you an Tuesdays at 2 for an acoustic set with Karen.

It is official, winter has arrived, and so a HAPPY New Year has begun.

With our continued goal to EVOLVE, we invite you to come in this season and experience the warmth & comfort of our cozy CAFE’. Enjoy creating your own signature HOT Flavoured Cappuccino, Latte, Steamer or Cocoa.

Try a NEW Signature sandwich, The “Bomb” is the “BOMB”, roast beef piled high with swiss, bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion, special sauce, on a toasted ciabata bun, or Stacked pulled pork with red onion on a soft warm bun.

Spicy chili and toast or wicked thai soup is always a great choice to warm you up.

Breakfast is served all day.
Our staff is more than HAPPY to customize your eat in or take out orders.
Evening hours and Sundays , are available for private meetings showers – or private parties. We also offer catering.
Our hours are 8AM to 4PM, Monday through Friday and 9AM to 4PM Saturday.

Looking forward to meeting you at the Café!

Continue to “EVOLVE ONE CUP AT A TIME’

With our continued goal to EVOLVE, we invite you to come in this season and experience the warmth & comfort of our cozy CAFE’. Enjoy creating your own signature HOT Flavoured Cappuccino, Latte, Steamer or Cocoa.

Try a NEW Signature sandwich, The “Bomb” is the “BOMB”, roast beef piled high with swiss, bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion, special sauce, on a toasted ciabata bun, or Stacked pulled pork with red onion on a soft warm bun.

Spicy chili and toast or wicked thai soup is always a great choice to warm you up.

Breakfast is served all day.
Our staff is more than HAPPY to customize your eat in or take out orders.
Evening hours and Sundays , are available for private meetings showers – or private parties. We also offer catering.
Our hours are 8AM to 6PM, Monday through Friday and 9AM to 4PM Saturday.

Looking forward to meeting you at the Café!

Continue to “EVOLVE ONE CUP AT A TIME’

As you know fall has arrived. Weather, you love it or NOT fall has arrived.
If you are anything like me, you hate to see the heat of summer go. Therefore to keep that summer feeling alive until next year, By special request we have chosen to offer our Signature Summer Sweet Salad, Watermelon Quenchers and the Original Coney Dog on Fridays.

However, we must EVOLVE into this next season. A selection of NEW menu items have been created and introduced. Apple pecan salad, Montreal smoked sammie, Salmon wrap, & our “signature BOMB” have all been tried and tested with 5 star results. Speaking of which our BOH Inspection was also 5 star..YAY
We invite you to enjoy the beautiful colors and scents of the season along with the succulent tastes of Green Jasmine Blooming Tea, Hot apple cider, Pumpkin spice, brown sugar cinnamon caps/lattes,Butternut squash soup,tasteful delights try pecan pie,apple crumble, carrot cake. Everyday between 8am-6pm or Thurs-Fri til 9 PM.

FYI-Ice cream season is coming to a close. Stop by before Nov 1st for $2 cup or cone.
We also have a line up of Retail products available.
You’ve said “I Love your COFFEE, but you are not always open” So…Now you can BREW at home (we’ll grind it).
You’ve said “I Love your DECOR” So…Now you can CREATE it in your own space. Most decor has retail tag, or ask us to order it.

You’ve said ” I need a gift for…they love tea” So..Now BLOOMING TEA is available in gift sets.  I am Happy to say there is so much to look forward to, we welcome any comments or suggestions you may have, feel free to E me. Virginia@evolvecafe.ca.

We have implemented a word or quote of the day, if you have one please share, At this point my quote is “The only constant in the universe is change.”

BE well, and continue to EVOLVE “One cup at a Time”

Meet you at the Cafe, Virginia:)

What small cafes may lack in busy chain drive-thrus, extended hours and locations all over on every other block, they make up for with style, substance and selection.

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- linda and bill

So glad you are in the neighbourhood. My brotherinlaw Bill has been raving about you guys for sometime now. We finally tried a brew or two recently and loved it. I told my husband to go to Evolve just now on his way to our store instead of swinging thru your competitor’s drive thru.He called on his cell and was so delighted with your atmosphere and service AND coffee of course. WE support the small business owner as we are one as well. Be well.

- AZ

Evolve Cafe is exactly what Windsor needs to lift its spirits. Now with a failing economy, it’s refreshing to be able to have a safe haven for those of all ages to just get away.
Evolve Cafe offers a welcoming atmosphere, friendly service and delicious eats.
Congratulations on all of your efforts and successes

- LE

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With the spirit of a friendly diner, Riverside’s Evolve Cafe provides substance with style in an attractive setting.

By The Windsor Star – November 12, 2008

With the spirit of a friendly diner, Riverside’s Evolve Cafe provides substance with style in an attractive setting.

And it’s one restaurant that can truly claim the menu’s homemade. The cafe opened in 50-year-old house on Wyandotte Street East, just east of Lauzon Road.

The menu offers traditional diner items but with a nod to contemporary flavours. For example, there’s a chicken sandwich with red pepper sauce and ciabatta bread.

The interior feels cosy, thankfully not overdone and fussy. The place in fact feels like it’s dipped in a dark mocha coffee, with the chocolate colour scheme offset with a latte-like walls and lightened by contemporary and folk-style artwork.

Chairs and tables are stylish, too. And the dining room, with its high ceiling and a nook for lounging, feels larger than the space for, oh, about two dozen seats.

There’s parking at the rear and friendly smiles throughout, as customers order at the counter, check out cookies and coffees and wait their orders to be delivered to the table.

No muss, no fuss, in a place with a focused menu whose prices are mainly under $6. The food tastes as fresh as the menu suggests, and the house coffee is a special delight — full-bodied but smooth with a gentle java edge.

Open since June, the cafe continues to attract customers, from here, there and really everywhere, says owner Virginia Bray of Windsor, who operates Evolve with Debbie Nagy in the kitchen and Wendy Nantais helping at the counter and in the dining area.

“I wanted to create an environment with an inviting approach,” says Bray. “I always dreamed of having a cafe.”

She looked at the three-bedroom home and was hooked. An extensive remodelling included changing the stairs and creating a small meeting room upstairs, but she feels the home-style comfort remains.

“Business has been fabulous, we haven’t done much advertising really, all word of mouth,” Bray says. “I’m still here, so something’s going right.”

Evolve Cafe, 8061 Wyandotte St. E., is open six days a week, Monday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Telephone: 519-945-9333.

DINING NEWS Here’s a variety of news appetizers, a menu of items gleaned recently from the dining scene.

MAKEOVER Plunkett’s becomes Mick’s Irish Pub this Friday, a major move for the contemporary bistro-bar in the wake of the closing of Patrick O.Ryan’s nearby. It’s a move by husband-and-wife owners Mike Plunkett and Karen Behune Plunkett that’s lamented by at least one reader who considers it the end of an era. Plunkett’s and the former Chez Vins were see-and-be-seen places, offering dining with flair and style. Mick’s, 28 Chatham St. E., offers daily lunch specials, with live music Thursday to Saturday. Telephone: 519-252-3111.

ANNIVERSARY The popular Mezzo Ristorante celebrates six years in business this week at 804 Erie St. E. Owner Filip Rocca with his kitchen crew and restaurant staff have created a stylish vibe, and the complimentary valet service is a bonus much appreciated. Telephone: 519-252-4055.

OPENINGS The new Casey’s Grill Bar has opened in the Walker Commons, the new retail plaza at Walker and Division roads, with 208 seats and an upscale look with an open kitchen. The chain has begun to feature Homegrown Ontario-label items produced from provincial sources, but they’re not on the menu here — at least not yet. This writer hopes they’ll become available as the location establishes itself.

Expect the Pour House Pub, the makeover of the former Ye Olde Steakhouse, 46 Chatham St. W., to open soon, possibly by December pending construction schedules and permit approvals. The remodelling for the roadhouse-pub-sports bar has been extensive, but signature elements such as the slate floor and wine cellar remain.

Expect more news and notes on openings next week, including a new Thai restaurant and fish and chip place. This writer, returning after an absence, welcomes comments and information.

twhipp@thestar.canwest.com or 519-255-6863. Follow the food/dining blog Blogelicious online at www.windsorstar.com

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