Inside Sissle & Daughters on Forest Avenue. Photo courtesy of Sissle & Daughters Sissle & Daughters, an all-day café , wine bar and market on Forest Avenue, opened last Friday. The business was launched by Mary Chapman-Sissle and Will Sissle, who also own Sissle & Daughters Cheesemongers and Grocers (formerly The Cheese Shop of Portland) on Washington Avenue.
The 23-seat café, at 634 Forest Ave., features coffee from Precipice Coffee in Ellsworth, including espresso drinks, drip coffees and cold brew, along with other beverages like chai tea. The morning menu offers house-baked goods such as blueberry coffee cake, cookies, brownies and a rotating daily frittata.
The coffee bar switches to a wine bar from 3 p.m. to 8 p.
m., where customers can choose from 14 wines by the glass, three draft beers and non-alcoholic options. The food menu features small plates, cheese plates, and in-house charcuterie like pâtés, rillettes and chicken liver mousse.
Joe Gaudet is the chef at Sissle & Daughters. He’s cooked at restaurants around the country, including Portland’s Big Tree Hospitality group and Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the Sissles also worked. Gaudet is trained in charcuterie and butchery.
The market inside Sissle & Daughters offers cheese, and take-and-heat prepared foods, including meals like chicken Provençal, lasagna, mac and cheese, pasta salad and wheatberry salad, and sides like mashed potatoes or Rancho Gordo beans. The price ranges, fr.
