As the weather turns more and more wintry, any increase in the number of local coffeehouses makes us perk up. Case in point: Rio Coffee Deli or Rio Deli Coffee – the signage varies – will be opening at the southwest corner of Kingshighway Boulevard and Goethe Avenue. When? Hard to say. The signs give no details, and new white Venetian blinds block the view into the as-yet-unnumbered terra-cotta building. So stay tuned for more info, South Siders.
This article appears in Dec 1-31, 2009.