Cacou is the first "country house" style café-flea market in the heart of Toulouse city centre.
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Café-flea market opened by Chloé in 2022, Cacou is a place that is as vintage as it is cozy. family country house" located in the heart of Toulouse. Here, you can drink your coffee (or other drinks) while taking a look at the objects found and for sale! A unique concept, around the values of upcycling and the short circuit, that the Toulouscope editorial team has unearthed.
After a student and professional career far from catering , Chloé Denois has decided to take on a new challenge: that of being at the head of the first friendly café-flea market in the Pink City. With the help of her grandfather Jacques (and crowdfunding), she renovates and imagines a place in her image; and Cacou will see the light of day in 2022. “I tinkered a lot with my grandfather and this place represents us well”, she confides to us, before admitting that Cacou is simply the nickname of this great grandpa.
A well-sourced and gourmet coffee shop
In this French-style coffee shop, Chloé and his cook work as much as possible with local products and everything is homemade in the small semi-open kitchen. "We favor well-sourced and local products and we attach importance to our producers and we collaborate with a regional fruit producer", explains the young woman who learned the trade on the job.
On the menu, we find extremely delicious sweet products such as ultra-soft fleur de sel chocolate cookies, large slices of cakes and other tempting sweets made on site. “We try to have a vegan and a gluten-free pastry and we regularly change our recipes to offer variety”, reveals Chloé to the editorial staff.
In addition to sweets, Chloé has a wide range of hot and cold drinks and above all, apart from the great espresso-style classics, these are only creative drinks. The latest one? This Cacoulac which looks like the original but which is entirely made by the Cacou teams. "We couldn't miss this play on words", assures us the manager of the place.
Also to discover on one of the industrial and patinated tables inside , on the small terrace or to take away, a wide selection of good teas, gourmet and vegetable lattes, hot or cold drinks, dairy or not, with or without coffee, classic or original... And fresh seasonal juices mixed by the minute.
"Caffeine and vintage dealer"
Coffee -flea market above all, we find nuggets found by Chloé who "chinese at her favorite and exhibits here": advertising items, chiseled glass carafes, mirrors, candlesticks, Dames Jeanne... Alongside the small finds from garage sales and flea markets in the four corners of France, you can see artisan objects (local or not) such as candles or even posters.
A unique address in which you can can nibble on their breakfast or snack while treating themselves to a creation or a vintage object at a low price.
Soon, she will also be “with a florist who will compose small vases and passers-by will be able to buy the composition”. And why not, in the future, set up workshops?
Hybrid place, cozy and original located in the center of Toulouse, Cacou welcomes all foodies and "even accepts people who telework during the week but not on weekends" for a pure moment of pleasure... Which continues on Sunday because Chloé plans to organize a Sunday brunch with fresh, seasonal products purchased directly from the Saint-Aubin market or from local merchants!
