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66-Year-Old Carroll Gardens Coffee Shop Closes for Renovations

By Nikhita Venugopal | October 16, 2014 2:40pm
 D'Amico Coffee, located at 309 Court St., is undergoing a full-scale renovation that will give the decades-old coffee shop a "new look," owners said. 
D'Amico Coffee, located at 309 Court St., is undergoing a full-scale renovation that will give the decades-old coffee shop a "new look," owners said. 
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CARROLL GARDENS — D’Amico Foods, a coffee shop that has been blending and roasting its own coffee since 1948, has temporarily closed for a complete renovation that will give the space “an old feel with a new look,” the owners said.

Joan D’Amico, who runs the 309 Court St. coffee house with her husband Frank, expects to reopen within a week, she said.

The renovation will completely rearrange the decades-old space and will include brand-new flooring with old-fashioned tiles, new tables and benches, D’Amico said.

For the family, which has owned and operated D’Amico Foods for three generations, it was important that the renovation update the shop while also preserving its history.

“We don’t want to lose the old customers,” D’Amico said. “But we also wanted to attract new people in the neighborhood.”

The shop’s last major facelift was 12 years ago, she added. Prior to that overhaul, the store had been somewhat similar to a grocery store where people would purchase coffee by the pound.

Under that renovation, the store wasn overhauled to become more of a coffee shop with 18 seats. The shop plans to offer about 25 seats with long tables and benches after the latest renovation

“We pretty much just felt it was time for a change,” D’Amico said. 

During the renovations, the shop will also begin installing a new coffee roaster that will be up and running soon after the shop reopens.

Along with the new look, D’Amico’s will expand its breakfast menu, as well as adding a few desserts and some specialty sandwiches.

Emanuele D’Amico founded the “coffee-roasting institution” 66 years ago. It was taken over by his son Frank D’Amico Sr. and later Frank D’Amico Jr., who currently runs the shop with Joan, according to its website and fliers posted around the neighborhood announcing the renovation.

“I think people will enjoy the changes,” she said.