Kismet Café is a locally owned and operated café offering fresh, made-to-order breakfasts and lunches as well as a wide variety of juices, coffee drinks and teas. We specialize in fresh New York Style bagels (baked right in our café oven) and many flavors of cream cheese that are made daily with love. Our coffee is roasted locally, and our fresh pressed juices are made from the highest quality produce. Kismet is truly a one-of-a-kind establishment; the fact that we are a family owned business allows us to focus, not only on providing our customers with healthy and unique menu options, but also on giving back to a community in which we have been lifelong residents. At Kismet, our motto is “Enter as Strangers, Leave as Friends,” because we believe we provide a warm and inviting neighborhood experience where the atmosphere and staff are as inviting as the delicious food and drinks we serve every day.

Kismet Cafe, Eldersburg MD

Kismet Café was established in 2014, the culmination of a desire to be community business owners with the hope of creating yet another new chapter in the love story of Lana and Dana Ferraris. Lana worked in the hospitality industry for many years managing restaurants before she took 15 years off to stay home and raise her two boys, Vince and Max. When Lana decided to reenter the hospitality field, it was not long after she started working at Zi Pani in Eldersburg that the Ferraris’ realized their dream of becoming business owners. The timing was right (Kismet), they bought Zi Pani and immediately began the mission of transforming the shop into a place where they could “feed Eldersburg like they feed their own family.” There was no question when it came to choosing a name for their new café….Lana and Dana’s love story began with a chance meeting, and now their lives literally revolve around their second home, Kismet!