Nov 11, 2026 | 9:15 am
A new café is taking shape around the remains of a historic façade in East Austin. Crews have poured the foundations and begun framing Urth Caffè at 1010 E. César Chávez St., months after the city halted demolition work of much of the 1880s house that once held Cenote. A separate bakery commissary is also under construction around the corner at 104 Medina St.
Urth Caffè is a Los Angeles café chain founded by Jilla and Shallom Berkman that specializes in organic heirloom coffee. Its menu elsewhere includes Spanish lattes, chocolate-pistachio croissants, and breakfast pizza topped with a poached egg. Renderings of the Austin restaurant show outdoor tables along the covered porch and on a patio facing East César Chávez Street…