Atomic Cat Cafe opens in St. Pete with vintage decor, coffee and vinyl records

A traditional furniture supplier is rising her footprint in north St. Pete with the hole of Atomic Cat Cafe, a retro-inspired espresso store stuffed with antiques and collectibles from her private sequence.

Atomic Cat Cafe opens at the present time at 10387 Gandy Boulevard North, in the identical plaza as owner Ingrid Bridges’ other two businesses, furniture store IM Vintage and thrift store Ingrid’s.

Bridges, who grew up in St. Petersburg, opened a storefront for her mid-century standard furniture industry in the Gandy plaza in 2020 with the wait on of her husband and two childhood.

In 2024, she launched a conventional store on the synthetic aspect of the plaza.

As extra furniture gross sales shifted online, Bridges not too long up to now decided to relocate IM Vintage to a smaller home within the plaza and radically change its historic 2,500-square-foot storefront into a espresso store.

“I technically didn’t need this gigantic of a condominium for furniture and the ladies that labored at Ingrid’s stored telling me how awesome it may per chance presumably also be if I opened a espresso store in the plaza, since thrifting and espresso hasten hand in hand,” Bridges acknowledged in a conversation with St. Pete Rising.

“The ladies instructed me they wanted a espresso store that didn’t feel so sterile, someplace the achieve they’d additionally relax and be with their traffic,” she added.

Bridges and her family have spent the previous year building out the cafe and are essentially ready to welcome their first prospects.

With beans sourced from Tampa-essentially based mostly roaster Wuz Right here and unusual sourdough products from a native baker, Atomic Cat Cafe combines a customizable espresso menu with a conventional-inspired environment.

The cafe modified into furnished the utilization of inventory from Im Vintage and objects from Bridges’ private sequence.

The cafe facets two certain areas. One aspect is designed round a retro Seventies theme with colorful colors and patterns, supposed for conversation and spinning vinyl records.

The opposite supplies a darker, extra studious atmosphere with leather-essentially based mostly seating and Victorian-vogue decor.

Charging ports, cables and free Wi-Fi come in right thru the cafe, encouraging prospects rob their time and not urge out the door.

The menu contains espresso-essentially based mostly drinks, drip espresso, frosty brew, matcha, chai, teas, and dirty sodas.

Arena of skills lattes embody the Arista-Cat Latte, made with brown sugar, housemade bourbon syrup, and orange frosty foam; and the Cheshire Cat, flavored with rose syrup, cardamom syrup, and vanilla syrup.

Atomic Cat’s meals offerings in the meanwhile embody bagels, truffles and pastries, alongside with rob-and-hasten snacks and other ready objects.

Bridges acknowledged she additionally plans to host inventive workshops, guide clubs, and other laid-abet community events at the cafe.

The espresso store’s title is electrified by the elongated, geometric cats that had been a most in vogue motif in mid-century standard decor, helping join the brand new cafe to Bridges’ other businesses.

Quite a bit of ornamental objects right thru Atomic Cat come in for aquire, alongside with branded merchandise repurposed from secondhand clothing.

Despite now working three businesses within the plaza, Bridges acknowledged she nonetheless has extra plans for the property.

“It’s far extra or less frigid so as to slowly safe things going in this home, and it’s in actuality labored out for us to this point,” she added.

Atomic Cat Cafe will be start from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, and closed Mondays.