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Ritual
Since 2014

Small batch coffee, house syrups and pastry baked before sunrise. Pull up a stool, we saved you the good seat.

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About us

A cup that
holds the morning

A cut glass tumbler of iced coffee with swirling milk

Single origin beans roasted in small drums, milk from a family dairy two counties over, and a room built for lingering rather than rushing.

The list

Pours for
every hour

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Roasted close,
poured with patience

From the lot we buy to the cup in your hand, every step is small enough that one of us has touched it.

Baked at dawn
A cappuccino beside a glazed butter croissant on a rustic wood table

Pastry out by seven

Laminated dough goes in the oven at four, so the tray is still warm when the doors unlock.

Single origin
A small cafe storefront glowing at golden hour

Beans with an address

We buy one lot at a time, name the farm on the board, and pour it until the bag runs out.

Open table
A warm cafe interior with curved timber ceiling and caramel banquettes

Room to stay a while

Wide benches, warm lamps and no clock on the wall. Sit for one cup or for the whole morning.

The room

Where the day
slows down

Curved timber ceiling and caramel banquette seating inside the cafe
The corner storefront seen from the sidewalk at golden hour
A barista steaming milk behind the espresso machine

Every pour

Carries a name

Of the farm and
the roaster’s hand.

A mocha latte topped with cream and dark chocolate shavings
A cappuccino and a glazed croissant on a wooden table
This week

Sunrise pairing

Pick a pour, pick a pastry, and we will knock the difference off before ten in the morning.

1. Cardamom latte$5.80
2. Almond croissant$6.40
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$12.20$9.60
Regulars

What the
morning crowd says

A regular guest at the cafe

“I came in for a takeaway cup and stayed for two hours. The cardamom latte is the reason my alarm goes off early now.”

Priya RamanRowan Park
A regular guest at the cafe

“They remember how I take it, they remember my dog's name, and the almond croissant has never once been dry.”

Desmond HaleFifth and Wexler
A regular guest at the cafe

“The bar team will talk you through the lot on the board without a hint of snobbery. That is rare and I love it.”

Marguerite OyelaranHillcrest

From the first flat white of the week to the slow Sunday refill, here is why the same faces keep coming back.

Journal

Notes from
the bar

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A barista pulling a shot on the espresso machine Bar craftSep 2

How we dial in a new single origin

 Cafe interior with morning light on the banquettes SourcingAug 24

Why our milk comes from two counties over

 Top down view of latte art in a glass Room notesAug 11

A short defence of the second cup

 A cut glass tumbler of iced coffee with milk swirl RecipesJul 30

Cold brew, steeped slow and served clean

Questions

Hours, orders, the long table and where to park. If it is not here, the bar team will happily answer it in person.

Contact us

Straight
answers

Yes. Send the order through the contact page before nine and we will have it bagged, labelled and waiting on the pickup shelf.

Plenty. Cocoa pressed with our own syrup, a rotating herbal steep, and a cold matcha that is popular all summer.

The laminated pastry is rolled and baked here each morning. Loaves come from a bakery six blocks away that we have used since the first year.

The long table seats ten and can be held for two hours. Ask at the bar or send us a note and we will pin your name to it.

We are on the corner of 214 Wexler Row, with the green awning. Street parking is free after six and the bike racks are right outside.

Guests at the long table under the curved timber ceiling

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