Ritual Coffee Roasters
A three-sided open bar at the north end of Oxbow Public Market, 7am to 7pm every day, pouring Ritual's roast since 2008.
Why go
Ritual took the north end of the hall in 2008 and built a second counter, The Cup and Star, in the stall next door in 2015.1 The bar is open on three sides, so the queue moves and you drink standing. The roaster's own list of who it shares the market with runs to Fatted Calf charcuterie and Hog Island shellfish, which tells you what to do with the rest of the hour.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: ahead, off the square site, if you are catching a tasting appointment up-valley. The bar posts its menu there.1
- Avoid: planning to sit. This is a counter inside a market hall, not a cafe with its own room.
Good to know
- Hours: 7am to 7pm, daily.1
- Where exactly: north end of Oxbow Public Market, 610 1st Street, on (707) 253-1190.1
- Hygiene: not established. No inspection instrument for this county is on file here.
Verdict
could-visit — The reason to know this one is position and hours: a three-sided bar at the north end of Oxbow Public Market, open 7am to 7pm every day, which makes it the coffee before a valley drive rather than a destination in itself. Ritual has poured here since 2008 and built a second bar next door in 2015, so it is settled rather than new. No critic and no list read this pass has judged the coffee, and the roaster's own page is the only source behind this entry, so the rung sits on utility.