Pappalecco

What people go for here

Pappalecco Kensington pairs Italian-style espresso with gelato, pastries, panini, and Tuscan-style pizza in a roomy all-day café.

• Espresso with gelato or pastry
• Gelato, panini, and Tuscan-style pizza

Worth knowing: The broad family-meal format can be lively rather than quiet.

The coffee

Tuscan-style Italian cafe and gelateria built around a medium-dark six-bean espresso blend and a full savory menu.

Pappalecco sells a medium-dark espresso blend made from six separately roasted bean types, alongside Swiss Water decaf and French-roast drip.

The room

A colorful, roomy Italian counter-service cafe with gelato cases, an open kitchen, and indoor and outdoor tables active from breakfast through evening.

All-day counter-service Italian cafe suited to coffee, meals, dessert, or an evening visit

The space

Spacious

Inside

Roomy indoor cafe seating around the counter and open kitchen.

Outside

Street-facing patio seating.

When it fills up

Traffic shifts from morning espresso to meals and evening gelato.

Noise

Lively all-day cafe and family-meal energy.

Parking

Metered and other street parking; reviewers note spaces can take patience.