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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Cool Bay Area "Not For Tourist" Guide Lists Awaken Cafe

www.notfortourists.com

"When the Golden Bull bar closed shop last year, denizens of Oakland's club scene gasped a collective beer breathed WTF!?! But when Awaken Cafe opened in the space a couple months ago, the promise of a cool new downtown business district continues to emerge. And besides, now there's somewhere to nurse hangovers on those Saturday mornings after Art Murmur. Run by Burning Man veterans Cortt Dunlap and Kari Christensen, Awaken serves up fair trade java, healthy snacks and organic tea and wine with a Burner's flair in a funky cool atmosphere. For the moment only the small upfront coffee bar is open to the public, but the coming months promise a late night lounge/art gallery/performance space out back featuring a rotating cast of your favorite Oaktown artists and rabble rousers."

by Kwan Booth

Labels: media, spread the word

Monday, July 28, 2008

New Reclaimed and Reused Merchandise Cabinet

We found an old beat up shelving unit on the side of the street and
wrapped it in reclaimed redwood salvaged during our remodel.

Labels: green, salvage, sustainability

Thursday, July 24, 2008

New City of Oakland Coffee Cans

Now on sale organic gourmet coffee in Awaken Cafe reusable cans! The label is printed on recycled, FSC certified paper using soy inks.

Labels: city of oakland, coffee, sustainability, world-class

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Training

Rhita from Taylor Maid Farms and Ellie from Coffee Solutions (www.coffeesolutions.net) stopped by to do some training with us today! Ellie won the Great Lakes Regional Barista Championship and was a runner up the at United States Barista Championship in 2005.

Labels: coffee, parnters, staff, world-class

Thursday, July 17, 2008

New Oakland Visual Arts Web Site

www.oaklandvisualarts.org

Labels: arts, city of oakland

Latte Art Swan by Havah

Labels: latte art, staff, world-class

Saturday, July 12, 2008

July Art Opening

Photos from our July Art Opening "Night and Day" by Gary Comoglio.

Special thanks to Holcombe Waller for the great music!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our third (can you believe it?) art reception! Come back next month and each First Friday for our art reception! I'm told we'll have circus clowns in August!