Café Coco, which has been located at 3705 N. Dirksen Parkway for nearly six years, is now looking for a new location.
Owner Connie DiCenso said that in March of this year, a health inspector questioned the adequacy of the kitchen
hood. After an inspection by the county’s mechanical engineer, the property owner was issued a citation. However, DiCenso said that the landlord would not agree to make the improvements that the county was requiring, and so on Oct. 8 she notified customers that the business was closed.
Café Coco served breakfast, lunch and dinner but DiCenso is perhaps best known for her pies. She operated Coco Pies for a number of years before opening a full-service restaurant.
DiCenso said she has started looking for a new location and hopes to remain nearby. “I love the north end, and I had picked that location for that very reason. No decisions have been made to date,” she said. “My goal is to be baking in time for the holidays.”
This article appears in Oct 1-31, 2018.