A café that loves its neighborhood back.
Woman-owned. A safe space. Built on long-term relationships with the growers, roasters and farmers behind every cup.
Sarah's wisdom behind the counter
Caffè D'Amore has been pouring on Butler Street for over a decade. Founder Sarah Walsh built CDA the way you'd build a home: vintage furniture you can sink into, plants in every window, and a standing promise that everyone who walks through the door — guests and baristas alike — is treated with respect.
That promise is not a tagline. Sarah's work creating a community haven where harassment has no home was profiled by The Story Exchange, and when a last-minute lease loss threatened the shop in 2022, the neighborhood rallied — and CDA landed in a brighter, better corner of Upper Lawrenceville at 5308 Butler St.
We believe a café should serve its community with integrity. Every choice we make reflects that responsibility.
Our partners, by name
We value direct trade, ethical sourcing, and long-term relationships over convenience. These are the people behind your cup.
Micro-roasted, never mass-market
Beans from Deeper Roots Coffee (Cincinnati, OH), with rotating features from Commonplace Coffee and Tanager Coffee — small roasters who put growers first.
Milk in glass bottles
Pasture Maid Creamery in New Castle, PA delivers grass-fed, creamline milk in returnable glass bottles. Bring a bottle back and your deposit comes back too.
Bagged by hand at the shop
Loose-leaf from Dobra Tea (Squirrel Hill), Rishi Tea (Milwaukee) and Tipu's Chai (Polson, MT) — plus our own CDA immunity blends.
Pittsburgh on every plate
Pie Bird · Best Ever Granola · Eichners Family Farm · Fat Butcher · Frankferd Farms · Jackworth Ginger Beer · Leona's Ice Cream · Miller's Amish Farm · Minerva Dairy · Sidecar.
A practice, not a marketing term
We compost, reuse and recycle with Zero Waste Wrangler, Green Paper Supplies and PITT Specialty Supplies. Mason jar returns earn you money back.
CDA around town
Find our cold brew and shrubs at Mary's Bar, Poetry Lounge (Millvale) and Spirit Lounge (Lawrenceville).
We believe where things come from matters.
We believe sustainability is a practice, not a marketing term.
We believe a café should serve its community with integrity.
This is how we do business. This is what we stand for.