Sip, the well-known neighborhood coffee shop chain with cafes in Crown Place, Highland and Cedar Lake, will try out a more compact structure at its latest place in Munster.

A Minor Sip will open up in the Hammond Clinic on Calumet Avenue in Munster, just south of the Borman Expressway and the Hammond border. The counter-serve coffee shop will cater to sufferers, medical practitioners and anybody hunting to get a coffee on their commute.

“It’s as shortly as you walk in,” Sip proprietor Rhonda Bloch said. “It is really proper there to the proper. We usually have a massive area, so it will be demanding to do a smaller sized room. I am interested in what it will be like in the company elements. There won’t be much squander with the stock.”

The Munster Sip will supply a entire menu of espresso and espresso beverages, as effectively as juices and smoothies. Individuals will be equipped to get lattes, frappes, iced espresso and very hot tea. The foods menu will be confined to grab-and-go goods like bagels, croissants, donuts and fruit salads. 

Block had been eyeing the location for some time and just lately worked out a offer when the place grew to become out there.

“Sufferers, medical doctors, nurses, so several men and women move by there in the morning,” she mentioned. “I see them go by with Dunkin, Starbucks and McDonalds cups and know quite a few would favor nearby coffee if they had accessibility to it.”

It might appeal to commuters on their way to Chicago.

“We’re hoping for that,” she said. “It can be incredibly accessible. You can just park and run in the doorway and see us ideal there.”

It will swap a espresso shop that closed in the Hammond Clinic.

“It just served drip espresso,” she stated. “They were not truly into espresso, which would make it tough to do a neighborhood espresso store very well. As well as COVID strike.”