Oslo Coffee Roasters has confirmed that its Bedford location “burned to the ground” this morning. The cafe was Oslo’s second cafe, situated in what is known as the “recreated southside” area, with a loyal fanbase that lined up for espressos from their San Marco Leva hand-pulled piston machine. Gothamist has the details on the tragedy:

Fire engulfed the hole-in-the wall Bedford Avenue location of Oslo, a wildly popular coffe shop in Williamsburg. The FDNY tell us the fire broke out shortly before noon and was brought under control within 45 minutes. (As it happens, there’s a fire station roughly a block away.) While the cause of the blaze is still being determined, the spokesman added that it appeared the fire ripped through the shop’s duct work.

On Twitter, Oslo confirmed that the coffee shop had “burned to the ground.” Fortunately, according to the FDNY, no one was injured. Meghan Overdeep, Olso’s social media manager, tells us, “The fire started suddenly. The owners and managers are there now trying to figure out what started it, but the store is basically gone. It’s still standing but it’s been gutted. Thankfully all of our employees and customers are ...