Caffe Dolce (Vacaville, California)

Caffe Dolce was an Italian coffeehouse located at 547 Main Street in Vacaville, California from 1992 to 1997 in historic Downtown Vacaville. Caffe Dolce was featured in a 1993 Vacaville Reporter article about the emerging coffee culture and coffeehouse scene and in Vacaville and in the broader Solano County: "Vacaville's bustling Caffe Dolce and Java International are signs of upper Solano County's burgeoning coffeehouse scene." According to I.M. Fuller, the article's author:
"Nestled in a renovated building, with parquet floor and ceiling fans, rich in browns and burgundies, Caffe Dolce was the most charming of our stops. It "feels" more like a coffeehouse, a place in which you can mull over Proust in a dim corner while devouring a jelly doughnut and a cafe latte. A real Paris cafe ambience; you keep waiting for Jean Luc to come take your order. Indeed, a wooden sign on a wall proclaims: "Sit Long — Talk Much." Ahh. Such might be the slogan for the proper coffeehouse."
Caffe Dolce was a venue for notable Bay Area musicians such as the Dave Tyesi Trio (jazz band), singer/songwriter Brooke Fox, accordionist Rick Bez, and Fairfield-based harpist Linda Rice. Caffe Dolce was a regular stop for visitors to the annual Merriment on Main celebration on Main Street, which has been a local holiday tradition for over 30 years. Caffe Dolce was also the venue for several events hosted by the Italian American service organization Unico National.
Following the closure of Caffe Dolce, 547 Main Street has been the home of other coffeehouses and restaurants, such as Caffe Baci and Hana Sushi.

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