Southie Coffee expands in Seminole, adds Latin-themed evening speakeasy

A brand modern speakeasy and lounge is getting willing to open out of an ordinary, in the neighborhood owned espresso store in Seminole.

Seminole residents Bella Rincon and Steven Gonzalez opened the principle plight of Southie Espresso in Clearwater in 2018, with a second plight debuting a three hundred and sixty five days later in Seminole.

Closing month, its Seminole store moved to a greater, 2,000-square-foot condo in the same plaza at 13017 Park Boulevard.

The relocation no longer handiest affords prospects with a greater café, however moreover lets in the industrial to extend its menu and operating hours.

In the evenings, the condo will transition correct into a wholly assorted thought called The Hideout, a worldly, low-lit speakeasy.

Whereas Rincon and Gonzalez are both dwelling owners of Southie Espresso, The Hideout is Rincon’s project alone.

“Truly, I dispute love the community pushed us to grow; we grew out of the common condo and out of the common thought. I reflect I for certain wished Southie to vary into something extra,” Rincon acknowledged in a dialog with St. Pete Rising.

“Real now, we handiest cater to the morning of us with breakfast and occasional, however with beer and wine at evening, the speakeasy goes to present an completely assorted vibe.”

At some stage in the day, the cafe affords a sparkling, airy ambiance with greenery and pure gentle, however will transform correct into a temperamental, candlelit lounge with are dwelling music in the evenings.

Rincon says The Hideout’s elegant changed into once in part impressed by fashionable St. Pete ideas Bar Chica and In Between Days, the latter of which no longer too long ago got a suggestion from the Michelin Data.

The Hideout will feature a curated listing of craft beers, South American wines, and fruity, wine-essentially essentially based cocktails.

Different Latin-impressed little plates love tacos and empanadas will moreover be offered, so that you can honor Rincon’s Venezuelan heritage and “bring a runt of bit of dwelling aid here.”

For the reason that modern Southie Espresso condo is four instances greater than its outdated plight, its expanded kitchen will moreover allow the cafe menu to grow.

Unique items love breakfast burritos and avocado toast are anticipated to be added later this month, with a full-provider weekend brunch to notice.

The espresso store sells a differ of espresso- and matcha-essentially essentially based drinks apart from loose-leaf teas from TeBella. The cafe moreover roasts its comprise espresso, sourcing beans from little farms in Colombia and in other locations in South The United States.

As soon as The Hideout opens, Rincon plans to characteristic Southie Espresso from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., shut for an hour, and then reopen the condo as a speakeasy from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The Hideout can also very well be closed on Sundays and Mondays at some level of its soft opening phase, however cafe will reside open seven days per week.

Besides to to operating two cafes and the soon-to-open speakeasy, Rincon stays active in the local of us by hosting fundraisers and participating with other little agencies.

“I’d love of us to know that we’re no longer proper one more espresso store. We’re huge concerned with the community and our faculty system,” Rincon acknowledged, adding that the espresso store no longer too long ago helped fundraise a scholarship for a Seminole Excessive College senior. “I dispute love that involvement in the neighborhood items us other than other cafes a runt of bit.”

Comply with The Hideout on Instagram for the most stylish updates on its soft opening this summer.