Café Caturra’s owners bought the space next to the Midlothian coffee shop (right) and are considering opening a pie shop. Photos by Michael Thompson.
It’s time for pie in Midlothian.
Dexter Brown and Rob Slotnick, owners of Café Caturra, are cooking up a plan to open a pie shop next door to their coffee shop in Midlothian Village Square.
Brown and Slotnick have signed a five-year lease for a 1,100-square-foot space that will house the pie concept, tentatively called Time for Pie, though Brown said the name may change. They’ll look to open it next year.
“Right now we’re envisioning it as a one-off,” Brown said of Time for Pie. “We don’t even have a budget yet. We are super preliminary.”
The storefront is at 13826 Village Place Drive and was formerly home to a Rita’s Italian Ice.
Brown said the idea for Time for Pie came about when the Rita’s space became available. He mentioned Church Hill’s Proper Pie as an inspiration.
Café Caturra added another 1,000 square feet on the side opposite the potential Time for Pie location.
“We’ve always been hoping to bring really good desserts to Café Cattura, and we’ve gone many different roads trying to find exciting desserts,” Brown said. “Pie is an upcoming trend, and it’s very much our brand.”
Brown said he and Slotnick are the majority owners of the Café Caturra locations near the Libbie-Grove area and in Midlothian. They also own shares of two other Café Caturras in Arlington, Va. and Cary, N.C.
While they work on getting the pie shop open, Brown and Slotnick have also expanded on the other side of their 7-year-old cafe.
The owners expanded the cafe by 1,000 square feet, bringing the total space to about 3,800 square feet. The additional room can be rented out for private events.
Elsewhere in Midlothian Village Square, a gourmet food store is in the works. Its owners have said they were lured to the location because of the presence of Café Caturra and Capital Ale House.
Café Caturra’s owners bought the space next to the Midlothian coffee shop (right) and are considering opening a pie shop. Photos by Michael Thompson.
It’s time for pie in Midlothian.
Dexter Brown and Rob Slotnick, owners of Café Caturra, are cooking up a plan to open a pie shop next door to their coffee shop in Midlothian Village Square.
Brown and Slotnick have signed a five-year lease for a 1,100-square-foot space that will house the pie concept, tentatively called Time for Pie, though Brown said the name may change. They’ll look to open it next year.
“Right now we’re envisioning it as a one-off,” Brown said of Time for Pie. “We don’t even have a budget yet. We are super preliminary.”
The storefront is at 13826 Village Place Drive and was formerly home to a Rita’s Italian Ice.
Brown said the idea for Time for Pie came about when the Rita’s space became available. He mentioned Church Hill’s Proper Pie as an inspiration.
Café Caturra added another 1,000 square feet on the side opposite the potential Time for Pie location.
“We’ve always been hoping to bring really good desserts to Café Cattura, and we’ve gone many different roads trying to find exciting desserts,” Brown said. “Pie is an upcoming trend, and it’s very much our brand.”
Brown said he and Slotnick are the majority owners of the Café Caturra locations near the Libbie-Grove area and in Midlothian. They also own shares of two other Café Caturras in Arlington, Va. and Cary, N.C.
While they work on getting the pie shop open, Brown and Slotnick have also expanded on the other side of their 7-year-old cafe.
The owners expanded the cafe by 1,000 square feet, bringing the total space to about 3,800 square feet. The additional room can be rented out for private events.
Elsewhere in Midlothian Village Square, a gourmet food store is in the works. Its owners have said they were lured to the location because of the presence of Café Caturra and Capital Ale House.