Maman, the French-inspired café chain co-founded in New York City in 2014 by Elisa Marshall and Benjamin Sormonte, announced plans to open its first Palm Beach County location at Sundy Village in Downtown Delray Beach. The brand made the announcement through its Instagram account; no opening date, signed lease documentation, or square footage details have been disclosed.
The move extends Maman's Florida presence beyond Miami and marks the brand's entry into Palm Beach County, a market that has drawn increasing attention from branded café and hospitality operators. Sundy Village, a mixed-use development in Downtown Delray, has positioned itself as a landing address for that category of concept.
Maman's format at the new location is expected to follow the program the brand has deployed across its existing portfolio. Per the Instagram announcement, the menu will include fresh pastries, artisan coffee, and brunch plates. The brand's Nutty Chocolate Chip Cookie — a consistent anchor of its in-store merchandising and a recurring presence in its marketing across markets — is specifically named as part of the Delray Beach offering. No seat count, build-out specifications, or interior design credits for the Sundy Village unit have been shared.
Marshall and Sormonte opened the original Maman in New York City in 2014 — the name drawn from the French word for "mom" — and built the brand around a format that blended pastry-forward café culture with an all-day brunch program. Over the following decade, Maman expanded to multiple New York locations, then into Canadian markets with outposts in Toronto and Montreal, followed by Washington D.C. and Miami. The brand characterizes its current network as spanning those named cities and "beyond." Delray Beach would be the next confirmed market on that list.
The targeting of Palm Beach County fits the logic of how Maman has approached market selection. Downtown Delray carries a residential population with significant overlap with the brand's established New York audience — seasonal and part-time residents who already know the café from its home market. That familiarity reduces the friction that typically comes with a brand entering a new geography. Sundy Village, for its part, has attracted operators who benefit from destination traffic, a dynamic suited to a brand with a built-in following outside the immediate market.
Maman's retail operation — packaged cookies and branded goods that accompany the café program at existing locations — has been part of how the brand builds a revenue layer beyond the coffee counter. Whether that component transfers to the Sundy Village build is not addressed in the brand's announcement.
Permit filings with the City of Delray Beach or a formal lease statement from Sundy Village's management would provide a firmer sense of when construction begins and when the location opens. Per its Instagram, Maman has confirmed Downtown Delray as its next market.
