“Dana Griffen (left) and Holly Michard are ready to serve longtime Sapori patrons like Willard Parmlee and anyone else in the mood for the familiar tastes at the newly reopened restaurant.Matt Johnson / staff photoFor the first time in months, the coffee was flowing Friday morning at Langley’s Sapori restaurant.The popular breakfast and lunch establishment, which was known as The Raven until it became Sapori in 1998, re-opened Friday after a three-month closure. Whidbey Coffee Company’s Dan Ollis purchased the business from former owner Sue Baldwin about a month ago and has been working since then to bring back a restaurant many Langley residents relied on for years as their coffee and breakfast supplier.Jennifer Lail, a member of an informal coffee club that meets daily at Sapori, said returning to her group’s regular table yesterday morning was something she had dreamed about. I’m so happy, Lail said. It felt like coming home.That was exactly the response wanted by Ollis and his management and chef team of Holly Michard, Dana Griffen, and Linda Apsitis. The three women were the hands behind the food at Sapori before it closed earlier this year. Michard, who is Sapori’s new manager, said they all jumped at the chance to come back to the restaurant when Ollis told them he was interested in buying it.All of us were interested in preserving what Sapori was to the community, she said.What Sapori is to the community, Michard said, is a place where both locals and visitors can sit down with a cup of coffee, an omelette, or a sandwich and feel as though everyone there knows and likes them. It’s a wonderful, warm place to come, Griffen said.To maintain that feeling, Ollis and his team decided to keep most of the items from the old Sapori menu and to keep the decor of the place the same. Starting from that point, Michard said, they improved on the old Sapori formula by adding sit-down service (no more ordering at the counter) and a number of new menu items, and by planning to add weekend dinner service starting on Memorial Day. To add further to the cozy, familiar feel of the place, a number of menu items have been renamed for Sapori regulars. Willard Parmlee, after whom Willard’s Pot of Tea is named, was pleased Friday to see his name on the menu and his chair waiting for morning coffee.I’m happy it’s open, he said.Also new at the restaurant is a kids’ menu, which Michard hopes will bring more families to Sapori, and what she said will be faster, more accurate service than in the past. In the near future, the restaurant will begin serving beer and wine, and boast expanded outdoor seating.Ollis said his new acquisition is nothing like his Whidbey Coffee Co. establishments, which include several drive-up kiosks, Freeland’s Lighthouse Cafe, and his Whidbey Coffee Co. ice cream parlor on Langley’s First Street.This is a new step and it is very exciting, he said.Sapori is open seven days a week. On weekdays and Saturdays, the restaurant opens at 7 a.m. and closes at 3:30 p.m. Sunday hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. “