“Everybody’s in their own little world.” That’s a stark contrast to the coffee shops that defined and molded NoDa in the mid ’90s, like St. Ruby’s Java Joint, which offered “an ...

The term “coffee shop” referenced a daytime diner ... the democratization and commercialization of good beans in the ’90s; the third wave was the barista-driven, latte art, specialty ...

A longtime North County coffee shop has something new brewing, with the help of a Grammy-award winning musician. A financial investment and a return to '90s coffee house culture are creating a ...