{"id":6828,"date":"2023-05-18T13:02:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T17:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=6828"},"modified":"2023-05-18T13:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T17:02:21","slug":"good-people-drink-good-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=6828","title":{"rendered":"Good People Drink Good Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lola Karimi ’25
\nEE\u00a0<\/em>Staff Writer
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The Patio outside Marianna’s Pantry on Main St. in Trumbull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marianna\u2019s Pantry: Your Local Neighborhood Cafe<\/em><\/h4>\n

Marianna’s Pantry, a popular caf\u00e9, is the result of a passion for food made with fresh local ingredients, family roots, and a little bit of love and hard work. The founders, Melissa Cotto and Marina DeCarli created a menu inspired by their mother, Marianna DeCarli. It offers specialty coffees, breakfast, lunch, and takeout meals that celebrate its Italian roots.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cotto family was super supportive of Melissa and her dreams of opening this business. \u201cIt was super exciting watching something she\u2019s so passionate about finally come to life and it is able to be shared with all of our family and friends,\u201d said Alex Cotto, Melissa Cotto\u2019s 14-year-old daughter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Marianna\u2019s Pantry has been a home to many teens after school and in the early mornings. \u201cMy first time at Marianna\u2019s Pantry was a wonderful experience, when I walked into the room it was beautiful,” said\u00a0Remy DeNomme, a Trumbull high school sophomore. “The blues just made the room feel so bright, and all the people were so nice\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Marianna\u2019s Pantry is \u201ca family-oriented place for people of all ages to come and enjoy coffee and homemade pastries and homemade food made fresh. It\u2019s a place for people to meet and catch up and enjoy each other,\u201d according to owner, Melissa Cotto.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A selection of homemade pastries at Marianna’s Pantry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI feel like Marianna\u2019s brings a nice change to Trumbull. I have been working in a family-run business for over 25 years so when that closed down I felt like it was in my blood to be a business owner. My degree is in business but my heart is in baking and cooking so I wanted to open a business so I could have the flexibility to still have time for my kids and family (and) to be able to do things my way,\u201d Cotto added.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pantry\u2019s diverse menu has all kinds of Trumbull residents stopping in to grab a bite. Another Trumbull High School, sophomore Brooke Levine described the food as tasting \u201cvery homemade\u201d. \u201cWaffles are my favorite food and I would definitely say these are within the top ten favorite ones I\u2019ve tried,\u201d Levine said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marianna\u2019s Pantry has a wide variety of favorite specialties: \u201cIt\u2019s so hard to choose my favorite item on the menu, but I would have to say La Sbronza is my fave \u2026 and the Greek for lunch,”\u00a0 said Melissa Cotto. “They both bring a bunch of different flavors together\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Small businesses have taken\u00a0 Trumbull by storm, with companies like Pure Poetry and Liv\u2019s Gifts offering small boutiques and JBC Bagel, Corner Deli, and Plaskos all providing meeting spots for Trumbull residents to socialize and eat good food.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marianna\u2019s Pantry, an ethically sourced restaurant, opened in the summer of 2021. The caf\u00e9 is located at 6528 Main St in Trumbull.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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