{"id":362623,"date":"2026-08-04T16:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362623\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:50:38","slug":"evangelines-cafe-to-serve-specialty-coffee-from-a-converted-japanese-mini-truck-in-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362623\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangeline\u2019s Cafe to serve specialty coffee from a converted Japanese mini truck in St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Over the past few years, Fox has worked at a number of local coffee shops and said the experience has helped her realize she wanted to build something more personal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cI think a part of me started this company as a kind of a rebellion to the cookie-cutter, corporate-type caf\u00e9s,\u201d Fox said. \u201cWhat I love about St. Pete is everybody here is very local, and I really, really want to hone in on that kind of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Fox is now wrapping up the truck\u2019s buildout. The setup will include countertops, storage, water tanks and a colorful awning over the bed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">A VV Flat Izzo espresso machine will sit in the bed of the kei truck. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Three stools will face the espresso machine from the other side, giving Fox a chance to chat with customers while she makes their drinks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">She may also add a few tables and chairs next to the truck to give each pop-up more of an outdoor caf\u00e9 feel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Fox is still deciding which local roaster will supply her coffee beans, but the menu will include espresso-based drinks, matcha, chai and homemade lemonade. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Specialty lattes made with housemade syrups will be named after friends and family members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the past few years, Fox has worked at a number of local coffee shops and said the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-362623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}