Caffè Italiano grand café interior vision

Caffè
Italiano.

The next generation of the Italian café in Montréal—where exceptional espresso, pastry and community become a scalable flagship.

Explore the vision $1.4M–$1.6M stabilized sales target
16MAnnual visitors
7.7MAtwater métro entries
60KNearby students
600KSq. ft. office space

The spatial experience

Three expressions.
One Italian soul.

Move across each concept to explore depth. Select a space to reveal its details.

Selected concept 01

La Galleria

1

Marble espresso bar

2

Artisan pastry vitrine

3

Lounge seating

4

Italian brand wall

Transformation

From today to
la dolce vita.

Finished Caffè Italiano concept
Current Alexis Nihon location
A Current Site Caffè Italiano

The opportunity

An urban crossroads
built for frequency.

Directly connected to Atwater métro, Alexis Nihon brings commuters, students, office workers, residents and shoppers through one high-density ecosystem.

Atwater connection

Morning and evening commuter rhythm

Mixed-use density

Office, retail and residential demand

60,000 students

Social visits and accessible indulgence

Repeat ritual

Daily coffee with loyalty potential

Focused operating formula

Coffee + Pastry +
Dessert + Grab-and-Go
Coffee & beverages55–60%
Pastries & desserts25–30%
Retail & take-home10–15%
Target average transaction $9–$10

Investor model

Four paths to
performance.

Selected annual sales
$1.54M
Transactions/day450
Average ticket$9.50
Monthly sales$128K
$0$1.98M annual

Five-year trajectory

$0.9M
Y1
$1.2M
Y2
$1.45M
Y3
$1.6M
Y4
$1.75M
Y5

$6.9M cumulative projected revenue

Target start-up capital

$285K
Renovation & design$60K
Working capital$50K
Espresso equipment$30K
Counter & millwork$25K
Lease & legal$20K
Other opening costs$100K
Illustrative EBITDAat $1.45M revenue 23% · $333.5K

All financial figures are management projections and illustrative planning assumptions, not historical sales. Results depend on final lease, staffing, supplier quotations and customer-count data.

Gift Certificates

Give the gift of
Italian Coffee.

A Caffè Italiano experience to share with friends, family, employees, clients and the people who matter.

Caffè Italiano Gift Certificate

A thoughtful gift.
An Italian experience.

Caffè Italiano gift certificates create an additional prepaid revenue channel for customers, families, businesses and corporate clients.

Gift Certificate

Caffè Italiano

🎁
$100
Italian Experience
Digital · Physical Montréal
Choose the experience

A gift for
every occasion.

Available digitally and physically for birthdays, holidays, employee appreciation, client gifts and special occasions.

Birthdays & celebrations
Holiday gifting
Employee appreciation
Client gifts
Gift Certificate Potential

A scalable prepaid revenue channel.

Digital and physical certificates create opportunities for individual gifting as well as larger corporate purchases throughout the year.

300
Gift Certificates Potential
Revenue illustration

300 active × $29/month × 12 months

$104,400 Potential annual revenue

Expansion roadmap

01

Prove

Alexis Nihon flagship: demand, menu, unit economics and loyalty.

02

Expand

Downtown, Griffintown, Westmount, Mile End, Laval and Longueuil.

03

Scale

A standardized format for Québec, Canada and international markets.

Investor inquiry

Build Montréal’s
next Italian icon.

A focused flagship. Multiple revenue streams. A format designed to travel.

CAFFÈ. CULTURA.
COMUNITÀ.

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