BY FRANCESCA BOND

Sept. 10, 2025

Happy hour was alive and well in The Rooted Cup on a recent Wednesday evening.

Two women, absorbed in conversation, sipped their drinks while sitting cross-legged on barstools. Kristina Wesolowski, owner of the new Lancaster cafe, was an attentive bartender. Or is she a barista? The Rooted Cup (20 W Main St.) is a cafe, but it doesn't quite fit the stereotype. It's more like a wine bar, without the alcohol.

"Maybe we are a little bit more of a bar alternative, maybe more of a cafe, but I think it's some in between," Wesolowski said.

Wesolowski serves tea lattes loaded with homemade syrups and flavored foams, drizzled with caramel or chocolate ($7). She offers a flight of three lemonades, in flavors such as blackberry and navel orange, with fruity sug

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