Caffe Nero Opens a 'Homely and Rustic' South End Location Today

Caffe Nero is now open at 564 Tremont Street, Boston Restaurant Talk reported via the chain itself.

The "compact addition to the cultural hub of [the] South End" offers espresso drinks, drip coffee, pastries, cakes, cookies, sandwiches, and salads, like all Boston-area locations of the growing chain. Since making its U.S. debut in Downtown Crossing last year, the London-based, Italian coffee purveyor has opened additional outposts locally in Jamaica Plain and the Longwood medical area, and a Fort Point location is on the way, too.

The South End cafe uses reclaimed wood from a South Shore barn for its bar, as well as doors from New Hampshire. The "homely and rustic feel" ("homely" being a Britishism for "cozy") continues with features like a fireplace and original brickwork, and European touches come in the form of Parisian-molded street lights and "continental antiques found throughout."

The shop at the corner of Tremont and Clarendon streets is open until 3 p.m. today and is offering free coffee to guests. Eventually, the cafe will be open daily from 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.