New Menu, New Look: Le Petit Café is Back

It’s been six months since Le Petit Café in Belize City closed for renovations. And the public has since eagerly awaited the return of the beloved café. Now, the wait is finally over. From six am to one pm, Belizeans can stop by the new Le Petit Café on Marine Parade Boulevard to satisfy their hunger and quench their thirst. Earlier today, News Five’s Britney Gordon stopped by the café for a taste of the new selection. Here’s the story.

 

Britney Gordon, Reporting

There is little more that one could wish for than a refreshing drink after travelling under the blazing Belizean sun. Perhaps a spot of shade, or a cool place to rest their feet. At the Le Petit Café located on the Marine Parade Boulevard, visitors can find all that and more. After six months, the café has reopened, boasting the sweet treats Belizeans know and love as well as some tasty new additions.

 

Efren Alvarez, Food & Beverage Manager, Fort George

“The concept we started with the concept The same concept, but we added more values, our drinks, coffees, pastries. Especially now with the smoothies, because that’s something we don’t have in the last years, but we added more value for that. And maybe the portion was a little more big, than we have in the past. And the concept will start to change, that the people can see more different things, and we start to present it, a special items that the people can feel comfortable with them. Price and ingredients quality.”

 

A new menu and a new look. Despite being on wheels, customers can sit back, relax and sip on a drink while the sea breeze wafts over them. All the while gentle music plays from nearby, creating an atmosphere of utmost relaxation.

 

Efren Alvarez

“It’s more that cafeteria We’re looking for more like ice place that we have a families here. They can get a seat in that place We have umbrellas. We have a chairs and the people can come enjoy the Coffee and they can take a seat. They can see the ocean. There’s smoothies. They can get like a fresh smoothie. They can say I want to have something with me in front of a watermelon and that’s something fresh Okay, that’s something what the people can get very easy here because we have the fresh ingredients every day.”

 

The menu boasts drinks that satisfy the tongue and strengthen the body.  They are made with ingredients such as yogurt, carrots, spinach and strawberries and lightly sweetened with honey.

 

Efren Alvarez

“People is in this moment from yesterday and today, we see the people asking more like a healthy drink, for example. We have the tropical green, it’s a smoothie made with the spinach pineapple. Watermelon. We don’t add any like a sugar or something like that for the smoothie. We need something like a more healthy drinks in the morning that they’re looking for. Especially the people is working in this area that they’re looking for in this place.”

 

Chef Luis Vega says the same love and attention poured into the drinks are kneaded into the pastries made fresh every day.

 

Luis Vega, Chef, Le Petit Café

“We try to do, of course, the best presentation of our products, but we try to don’t loss the quality of the products, which is very important, how I tell you. For us, it’s very important the freshness of the products. The presentation and the quality of the of our product. And we, for us, it’s very important that our customers be happy with our products.”

 

Whether it’s for an afternoon snack or breakfast on the go, anyone can stop by and choose from a variety of foods made with the customer in mind.

 

Britney Gordon

“Le Petit’s known for their pastries. We got cookies, muffins, banana bread, but can people come Belizean stuff like powder bun and Johnny cake?”

 

Efren Alvarez

“We have powder bun, Johnny cake. We have both. That’s something we cannot miss actually here because we know the local guests and at the end of the day, this is very important to keep in the place. Always is asking for powder bun always is asking for Johnny cakes in the morning. And we cannot delay that.”

 

And with confidence in the team behind the counter, plans to expand the menu and opening hours are already underway, so that anyone craving something of Le Petit’s quality, can find it any time they want.

 

Efren Alvarez

“We starting six o’clock in this, in at the moment until one o’clock. But in the moment we’ll see if we can increase our schedule maybe at night for, do something different here. But this is something we’ll look at it in the future.”

 

It’s not just a bakery at Le Petit, it’s an experience.

 

Luis Vega

“It is a very nice atmosphere because we are in front of the sea. We have small tables by the food truck. And you can sit there, enjoy your food, your bakery, your coffee, fresh coffee. Also, we have a very nice coffee. And the, our products, which is very important. Also, we have the fresh smoothies and different kind of drinks. It’s not only bakery, we can offer to our customers different kind of the products. It’s very important for us that our customer can be happy with their, our things or what things are we are offered to them.”

 

Britney Gordon for News Five.