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RESTAURANT REVIEW
Coffee Cup Café
by Melrose Sanchez
One of S.F. East Bay’s best kept secrets
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here is something to be said about a clean, well-lighted place to
enjoy a cup of freshly brewed coffee, a wonderfully delicious
homemade sandwich, salad, or best of all, real homemade pastry.
The one of the best kept secrets in the East Bay is The Coffee Cup Cafe.
This family-owned coffee-house offers the best homemade Cinnamon FREE WI-FI
Strussel coffee cake that is rich in flavor while light in texture and taste.
This delight takes-up where commercial cof-
fee pastries leave off. The taste is not just a
rush of sweet, but there is a lingering flavor
until the last swallow. It is like a treat from
my own mother’s kitchen.
The Coffee Cup Cafe offers all of the above
prepared from the family recipe collection of Chef
Veronica Landavazo, a graduate of the West Lake
Culinary Institute located in the Los Angeles area.
This seems like an opportunity to get to know a
future culinary great in the “early years”. Toss in
a lovely, bright room filled with cozy smells, nice-
sized tables and chairs, a sofa and an honor-sys-
tem lending library, and we are talking home
away from home. At the far end of the dinning
room, two flat-screened TVs are mounted for easy
viewing, yet they are equally as easy to ignore.
Of course there is free wireless internet connec-
tion. We are talking total comfort for the lone busi-
ness traveler seeking temporary refuge, or for an
East Bay local having a casual meeting with fam-
ily, friends or business associates.
This family-operated cafe offers the com-
forts of home with a friendly caring staff prepar-
ing food to order. Being on the road some of the
time, it is establishments like the Coffee Cup Cafe that highlight my
travels. Tucked away from the usual early morning and lunch-
time parking problems, lines and seating fiascos, this delightful
corner cafe offers true respite from the franchise-brew drinking
crowd. Here is a place to bring in the laptop and check the email,
and to enjoy a few minutes of the “Cooking Channel” or to relax
and enjoy the sandwich of your dreams and an Italian soda.
Photos by Lee Sanchez the family recipe. This American delight is sure to please at any
Looking for a special treat or maybe a meaningful hostess
gift? Veronica makes Apple and Pumpkin pies to order. Her spe-
cial pride is her mounding Apple Pie with homemade crust from
holiday gathering, however, the pies are by special order only, so
be sure to call ahead and allow a couple of days for pick-up .
It is worth the few blocks drive up the hill from the 580 fwy.
Simply take the Center St. off-ramp coming from the east or Crow
Canyon Rd. from the west and go up Center toward the hills. The
Coffee Cup Cafe is located at the corner of Center Street and Heyer
Call (510) 537-8382 for more information.
20 www.gkmagazine.net Ave. Hours are Monday – Saturday 6am to 5pm; Sunday 8 – noon.
Coffee Cup Café
by Melrose Sanchez
One of S.F. East Bay’s best kept secrets
T
T
here is something to be said about a clean, well-lighted place to
enjoy a cup of freshly brewed coffee, a wonderfully delicious
homemade sandwich, salad, or best of all, real homemade pastry.
The one of the best kept secrets in the East Bay is The Coffee Cup Cafe.
This family-owned coffee-house offers the best homemade Cinnamon FREE WI-FI
Strussel coffee cake that is rich in flavor while light in texture and taste.
This delight takes-up where commercial cof-
fee pastries leave off. The taste is not just a
rush of sweet, but there is a lingering flavor
until the last swallow. It is like a treat from
my own mother’s kitchen.
The Coffee Cup Cafe offers all of the above
prepared from the family recipe collection of Chef
Veronica Landavazo, a graduate of the West Lake
Culinary Institute located in the Los Angeles area.
This seems like an opportunity to get to know a
future culinary great in the “early years”. Toss in
a lovely, bright room filled with cozy smells, nice-
sized tables and chairs, a sofa and an honor-sys-
tem lending library, and we are talking home
away from home. At the far end of the dinning
room, two flat-screened TVs are mounted for easy
viewing, yet they are equally as easy to ignore.
Of course there is free wireless internet connec-
tion. We are talking total comfort for the lone busi-
ness traveler seeking temporary refuge, or for an
East Bay local having a casual meeting with fam-
ily, friends or business associates.
This family-operated cafe offers the com-
forts of home with a friendly caring staff prepar-
ing food to order. Being on the road some of the
time, it is establishments like the Coffee Cup Cafe that highlight my
travels. Tucked away from the usual early morning and lunch-
time parking problems, lines and seating fiascos, this delightful
corner cafe offers true respite from the franchise-brew drinking
crowd. Here is a place to bring in the laptop and check the email,
and to enjoy a few minutes of the “Cooking Channel” or to relax
and enjoy the sandwich of your dreams and an Italian soda.
Photos by Lee Sanchez the family recipe. This American delight is sure to please at any
Looking for a special treat or maybe a meaningful hostess
gift? Veronica makes Apple and Pumpkin pies to order. Her spe-
cial pride is her mounding Apple Pie with homemade crust from
holiday gathering, however, the pies are by special order only, so
be sure to call ahead and allow a couple of days for pick-up .
It is worth the few blocks drive up the hill from the 580 fwy.
Simply take the Center St. off-ramp coming from the east or Crow
Canyon Rd. from the west and go up Center toward the hills. The
Coffee Cup Cafe is located at the corner of Center Street and Heyer
Call (510) 537-8382 for more information.
20 www.gkmagazine.net Ave. Hours are Monday – Saturday 6am to 5pm; Sunday 8 – noon.
