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Café Caturra in the press, locally and abroad.
Dan Brantingham and Jeff Grant see beauty in that busted-out wall; their third Café Caturra Coffee & Wine comes to Libbie and Grove this summer, with more locations in the works.
Breakthrough Business
Sure, there’s a Starbucks right across the street, but that’s not causing Jeff Grant to flinch. Bring it on, he says: “We think it’s a good little challenge.” So he’s in demolition mode at the former Luna Grove deli, conquering a concrete wall to make a bigger sidewalk and a newer, cooler building. And then he’s installing Café Caturra Coffee & Wine, the third in his ambitious business plan for a local coffeehouse with the added oomph of made-to-order food, two dozen wines by the glass, house-roasted coffee beans and a well defined strategic mission that will soon extend to other states.
“Our business is soaring,” Grant, 28, says of the Café Caturra operation he founded three years ago. Working with CEO Dan Brantingham and a high-profile list of 70 investors, he has deals pending in North Carolina and Georgia, with a growth projection of 22 corporately help stores in the next seven years, including others in Richmond. Two Midlothian locations are up and running, testing ground for the concept.
The Westhampton cafe at 5811 Grove Ave. should open by summer with indoor and outdoor seating and daily service. “We want customers to have a memorable social experience that’s sophisticated yet approachable,” Grant says. “Artisan coffee by day, boutique wines by night, light and fresh food and a lively, laid-back atmosphere - our customers have reacted passionately and we want Richmond to be proud we’re based here.”