Soup + classic
Nunzio's tomato soup & sourdough grilled cheese
The pairing reviewers name first. House sourdough, grilled to order, next to the soup regulars plan their week around.
The story
The little café
that came back.
Effe started in 2020 as a pop-up, run by two chefs — Nunzio Fuschillo and Patty Lopez — after the fine-dining kitchen they worked in closed its doors. They set up inside the Marathon station on Stirling Road and started baking.
When the lease ran out in 2021, Effe had to close. But the regulars didn't forget it — and when the station changed hands, the chefs were invited back. Effe reopened in February 2023, in the same little corner, to people who'd been waiting.
Patty runs the pastry case; Nunzio runs the kitchen. The sourdough starter is older than the café. Everything is cooked and baked to order, in the open, a few feet from the counter.
Yes, it's inside a gas station. No, that is not the part people talk about.
4.8★
Google rating
116
Google reviews
2
Chefs, that's it
2020
Baking since
