Brittany Lesoon

If you need a quiet place to study other than the library, consider this. The Stellar Cafe encourages an atmosphere conducive to doing homework, and yet it offers so much more. Bobcat Update's Brittany Lesoon has the story.

The Stellar Cafe is located on North L-B-J across from Paper Bear. Now that a renovation project on that street is finished, the cafe is more accessible. Owner Michaela Kovaric has been in the bar and restaurant service since she was 17 years old. While studying abroad, she found her love for coffee.
SB- "In the photography program here at Texas State we studied in Italy over the summer and that really got me serious into coffee just as a coffee lover."
Three years later she and her fiance opened the Stellar Cafe. Kovaric wanted a place where students could actually study besides the library, while enjoying premium coffees and teas.
SB- "I really like the atmosphere in Italy, the European cafes are so much different so we decided to go in that direction with the atmosphere."
Erika Garcia is a regular who comes at least once a week and enjoys the old fashion vibe.
SB- What I like about this place is A. they are very creative with their names they have very.... old fashion names. They're also very creative with the style they make coffee."
They make sure they have consistent quality.
SB- " they're not your traditional just cappuccino or like expresso they are very detail with what they do and I like that."
SB- " We really try and pay attention to all the details. Where we get our beans, where they are roasted, making sure employees know how to brew each style of coffee."
Kovaric says the cafe tries to serve coffee in a more traditional way.
SB- " Our Vietnamese coffee we make sure its like spot on, cafe con leche is very sweet milky and people say wow thats how I would get it if I were in mexico or cuba."
Stellar Cafe isn't your average coffee shop. Kovaric says the cafe's seasonal drinks are always a hit.
SB- ".................kinda like making a pumpkin pie without syrups, its the real deal."
With about 20 loose leaf teas, espresso, frappuccinos and premium coffees, Stellar Cafe involves the European style mixed with the 1920s era.
Standup/SB-" I'm on Stellar Cafe's new patio that they just opened up this year. Here at Stellar Cafe, it's not just coffee, it's stellar. For Bobcat Update I'm Brittany Lesoon