Plants + Coffee, the plant-filled cafe on Northampton Street in Easton, is knocking down a wall — figuratively, for now — to grow into the space next door. The shop announced in a September Facebook post that it had acquired the neighboring unit at 1458 Northampton St., previously home to Mystery Box Games, and construction on the buildout is already underway.
The expansion will include room for shopping, additional seating and a larger kitchen, according to The Lafayette. Owner Jenny DeLorenzo has said she hopes the extra space will help the business reach a wider swath of the community. Separately, The Morning Call reported the plans call for more seating, a new test kitchen, more plants and an expanded selection from the shop’s in-house bookstore, Jojo’s Book Nook.
DeLorenzo told the Morning Call she hopes to finish the expansion by the end of the year, and per the Lafayette’s reporting, the cafe is tentatively eyeing an opening in the first couple of weeks of December. WFMZ reports that a firm target opening date had not yet been determined as of its interview with DeLorenzo, though she remained hopeful for a year-end debut.
Tripling the Cafe’s Footprint
Plants + Coffee currently seats around 24 guests, and the expansion is expected to roughly triple that capacity, DeLorenzo said, according to the station’s report. The buildout will also include a new kitchen along with a separate checkout counter for retail shoppers, the same account notes. Construction has already begun, and DeLorenzo does not anticipate the work interfering with the cafe’s day-to-day operations, per the same reporting…