Lorca Coffee Bar Expands Their Downtown Stamford Space and Breakfast Menu

Known for churning out cortados, cappuccinos, cold brews, and their famous crispy, sugared churros, Lorca Coffee Bar has expanded their original location on Bedford Street. 

What used to be a tiny 16-seat café—seriously, it was the size of a large walk-in closet—is now around 40 seats. 

And that’s not all, according to owner Leyla Dam Jenkins. 

“We’re going to put an outdoor patio in the back; it’s already being built out,” she says. 

The patio will hopefully be open by the time summer gets here. Dam Jenkins also tossed in a tidbit that Lorca now has a designated 15-minute parking spot for customers who simply want a quick cup of coffee. 

But with more space comes a bigger kitchen (it’s triple the size of what is was) and thus, an expanded menu. “We used to only be able to bake 12 cookies at a time,” Dam Jenkins says. “Before, we’d have baked goods delivered but now we’re making our muffins and baked goods in-house.”

The rest of the new menu includes buttery, flaky biscuits with seasonal herb butter and fluffy scrambled eggs (or with homemade strawberry rhubarb jam); a deep dish tortilla Española made with eggs, potatoes, and onion; and something they craft at Lorca’s Cos Cob location…chorizo empanadas.

Oh, and those churros? You had to know there’d be something happening there, too. And it’s in the form of a churro ice cream sandwich using a creamy scoop from Litchfield’s Arethusa Farm. Have it plain or sauce ‘em with your favorite churro dipping sauce like spicy Mexican chocolate, dulce de leche, Nutella, or dark chocolate. 

“We opened with coffee and churros and I thought I was going to fail, if I’m being honest,” Dam Jenkins says. “I started Lorca because I love cooking, baking, and being around people. Customers wanted more, like breakfast sandwiches, and we somehow evolved into this thing that got busy.” 

She didn’t fail and Lorca may be better than ever. 

Lorca Coffee Bar
125 Bedford Street; Stamford
(203) 504-2847; http://www.lorcacoffeebar.com/ 

If you’re in Cos Cob, find Lorca inside of Fleishers Craft Butchery at 160 E Putnam Avenue