Matt Toomey is able to deliver some good vibes to Montrose. The veteran espresso roaster, barista, and occasional store proprietor has claimed the previous Inversion/Canary area at 1953 Montrose Blvd for a brick and mortar outpost of Little Dreamer Espresso that opened quietly final week.
Often called the founding father of Heights staple Boomtown Espresso, Toomey created Little Dreamer in 2020. Beforehand, Little Dreamer occupied a kiosk on the Stomping Grounds growth in Backyard Oaks, but it surely closed after a few years. He’s feeling very optimistic about Little Dreamer’s new residence, which has been a espresso store for nearly 20 years.
“We love good espresso. We like creating an area that has a superb frequency the place folks wish to go to. Create a tradition with out our employees that embraces folks’s strengths and offers the flexibility to be current,” Toomey says.
“I’m older. I’ve doing this for a very long time. If I hadn’t gotten this, I don’t know what I’d be doing. I wanted this an an anchor for the expansion of my enterprise.”
That enterprise is rooted within the espresso beans Toomey nonetheless roasts himself, such because the Ozolotepec from Oaxaca and a home mix that’s designed for espresso. Like many top quality espresso outlets, Little Dreamer makes all of its syrups and sauces in-house. The salted butterscotch has emerged as a fan favourite.
Strive a salted butterscotch latte at Little Dreamer Espresso.Picture by Eric Sandler
“It’s an unctuous, thick sauce,” Toomey says. “It’s received a weight and texture. It’s candy and buttery. We high it with pink Himalayan sea salt. It’s actually good.”
Little Dreamer will pair its coffees with candy and savory pies. Along with baking just a few in home, Toomey plans to work with native bakers, together with CultureMap Tastemaker Awards winner Jane Wild, Little Kitchen, and Pink Dessert Dive. To emphasise the connection, the espresso store will rejoice its grand opening on March 14, aka Pi(e) Day.
“We’re going to go onerous with pies. Candy, savory — I really like Aussie meatpies, Toomey says. “I believe they’re underrepresented. The place else are you able to get a superb cup of espresso and a slice of pie?”
Little Dreamer has grown by serving at each the City Harvest farmers market on Saturdays and the Heights Mercantile market that’s held on the second and fourth Sunday of each month. Whereas the enterprise has had its up and downs, Toomey is feeling optimistic about lastly having the ability to serve folks every day.
“I wish to create an area the place folks really feel that good vitality,” he says. “That’s my schtick. Maintain issues constructive. Maintain issues flowing. I believe it’s evident within the issues I do.”
