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10/24/2025

COFFEE SHOP + CHILDREN'S PLAY SPACE: When Briana Dearco’s oldest child was a toddler, she’d head to Target just to get out of the house and grab a coffee. It wasn’t the shopping she craved — it was simply somewhere to go with her little one in tow.

“I always felt like there wasn’t anything over here where we could just go indoors and relax and play,” said Dearco, a Navarre resident who has lived in the area for about eight years.

That gap in the community inspired Dearco and her husband Christian to create Café & Play, a new venue opening Monday at 437 Mary Esther Cutoff NW, Suite A (off Jonquil), that combines a coffee shop with an indoor play space designed for children ages 6 months to 7 years.

The 9 a.m. opening will mark the debut of what Dearco says is the first venue of its kind in the area—a place where parents can sip lattes while their children explore age-appropriate play zones in a supervised environment.

The facility features multiple play areas, including climbing structures with slides, a construction zone with toy bricks and tools, and a pretend kitchen complete with store and ice cream shop setups. A separate space caters specifically to the youngest visitors.

The café side will offer cappuccinos, matcha, Americanos with various flavors, lemonades, pastries and children’s snacks like goldfish crackers. Dearco said the menu may expand based on customer feedback.

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07/31/2025

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07/30/2025

The American Academy of Pediatrics makes it clear: play supports every area of a child’s development—thinking, moving, relating, and feeling.

It’s how children learn to navigate the world and build the skills they’ll use for life.

When we make time for play, we’re meeting real developmental needs.

Yogman, M., Garner, A., Hutchinson, J., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. M. (2018).
The Power of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young Children. Pediatrics, 142(3).

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30126932/

07/26/2025

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It’s not your job to rush them. It’s your job to protect the short childhood years in slowness, boredom, curiosity, and deep presence. 💭

Let’s go barefoot, with pockets full of rocks and paint in our hair. ✨

07/25/2025

Children don’t learn by staying quiet and colouring inside the lines.

They learn by touching, testing, tipping things over.
By spilling, building, climbing, falling, trying again.

Yes, it’s chaotic.
Yes, it’s inconvenient.
But it’s also exactly what growing up looks like.

So before you rush to tidy the mess or hush the noise, remember:

This is how learning sounds.
This is how confidence is built.
This is how childhood is meant to be lived —
out loud, in motion, and unapologetically curious.

Let them explore. Let them try. Let it be a little messy. That’s where the magic happens. ❤️

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07/21/2025

What a powerful quote!

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07/19/2025