Companiesfor Downtown / Food + Drink

Coffee Emporium has been open since 1973, but current owners Tony Tausch and Eileen Schwab purchased the Hyde Park-based business in 1996. Since then, Tausch has expanded the company and now provides coffee for dozens of cafes around the area, as well as six of his own.
 

At first, Jean-Francois Flechet, the city's ambitious waffle entrepreneur, served only waffles in a shared space in Findlay Market. Now, the Taste of Belgium franchise serves crepes, brownies, calzones and espresso drinks in spaces near and far, including a new full-service bistro on Vine Street slated to open before the end of the year.