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    Ancora Cafe + Bakery

    4.1 (12 reviews)
    Closed 6:30 am - 3:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Rosemary vanilla white mocha
    Ellena K.

    Loving the new location! It's small but great to have a coffee and breakfast spot in the area. Same selection of Ancora specialty drinks, pastries, and food. Staff were super friendly too! We had the avocado toast (my favorite avocado toast ever), an iced latte, and the rosemary vanilla white mocha. The mocha was so good! I liked that the rosemary was not very strong. We found parking on a side street, but there was surface level parking behind the building off Monona Drive. There was also a drive though which could be really convenient! Overall, everything lived up to Ancora's reputation

    Bacon & egg biscuit
    keegan s.

    Pleasantly surprised by Ancora! I love going to get my matcha/coffee from places with a drive thru, so I can bring my pup. When I found out that this location had one, I had to check it out. The service was great & the person who greeted me at the window was helpful. I got the miso caramel iced matcha with coconut cold foam & it was 10/10, I've tried matcha from many places & this is definitely the best so far. The cold foam was also realllly good. My egg and bacon biscuit was super tasty. Would recommend to anyone!!!

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    Not good chai. I asked for extra chai and skim milk. Tastes like milk that may be a little dated. Not a chai taste at all. Just milk.

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