Located in beautiful Williamsburg, Virginia, on Duke of Gloucester Street, the main walking street through Colonial Williamsburg’s Merchant’s Square. President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated Duke of Gloucester Street's reconstruction, saying it “rightly can be called the most historic avenue in all America.”
We’re Dyana McGlothlin Steely (Extraordinary Cupcakes) and Adam Steely (Blue Talon Bistro) and we’re thrilled to bring superior Italian coffee, amazing sandwiches and other foods, and the city’s first dessert-only evening restaurant. All the way from Trieste, Italy to you. We hope you come and enjoy and come back again and again.
Based on this insight and illy Cafè’s 80 years of experience in producing coffee, in 1999 the company established the Università del Caffè, a centre of excellence that promotes a culture of quality coffee all over the world through training, research and innovation.
illy aims to improve the quality of life through ethical choices. Sustainable development translates into a continuous balance between improvement and innovation on the one hand and responsibility towards people and the environment on the other. The heart of this commitment is a belief that also serves as operating philosophy: that the continuous pursuit of quality sets into motion a virtuous cycle that creates value for all parties involved, from coffee farmer to the consumer’s cup. For illy, quality and sustainability are an inseparable pair: only the truly excellent is sustainable, and anything worth sustaining must be excellent.
In order to create a high-quality coffee, illy looks for the finest Arabica, creating a lasting relationship with producers and nurturing a virtuous circle which generates well-being for those who consume coffee and socio-economic development for those who produce it. The company's business model is based on four pillars: selecting the best growers, sharing knowledge, rewarding the best quality, creating a community built on passion.