Cafe Fresco

Cousins Yousef Oweis and Samer Halasa have brought fresh coffee and eats to Calgary’s Royal Oak neighbourhood. They’ve built a café with beautiful boardwalk style floors, a big fireplace and enough space to mingle or hide away. Cafe Fresco stands true to its name with a menu that includes organic fair-trade coffee, wraps, freshly-baked cakes and goodies, as well as restaurant-inspired lunch and dinner menu items. Guests can enjoy a chilled beer on the patio in the summer or bite into freshly baked banana bread, if they’re lucky enough to grab a slice before it sells out.

Cafe Fresco has a long list of regulars. These include everyone from the four Polish gentlemen who meet once a week (a fifth gentleman sometimes joins in) to the group of ladies whose children go to the same school, the group from the church nearby or the morning coffee drinkers – for whom Cafe Fresco is a good pit stop, being located so close to the Tuscany train station. Some regulars live in further away communities and make a longer trip every morning for a taste of Fresco. You’ll hear Spanish, English and countless other languages at this locally owned business that is a true community coffee shop.