Ray of Frickin’ Sunshine lived up to its name! It was delicious! I will alway have to stop by when I’m in Soquel again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sean Brazzi
Rad spot to get a good cup of coffee.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
G. Horrillo
Found this place by accident. Needed coffee. The ladies behind the counter were amazingly helpful. Adara(?) has that aura glow and an amazing barista.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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I want to like this place so bad but everytime I go I order an iced oatmilk vanilla latte and it sucks. I was barista too, I don't understand why it's so hard! And then I try to get it fixed and the baristas are like mad and mean about it. I don't like it here anymore
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Mel Sharpe
Fun little cafe with great coffee.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sandy Glass
Wonderful local coffee shop and small music venue. Great coffee, teas, and hot chocolate. Delicious snacks as well. Great place to see local musicians, especially on open mic nights.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jessica L.
Wonderful. Friendly. Great quality. Reasonable prices. Best hot chocolate ever!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
M Rich
Love this place. My go-to cafe when I wanna just chill with a coffee or get some work done. Their mocha chai latte is my favorite. Customer service is always great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
HOWARD STUDSTILL
I love this place. I like the open mic night and love to contribute a couple of songs. The baristas are all really sweet. The coffee is great and I just keep rolling doubles. Don't forget to roll those dice!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eric Burkett
Service is fast, the workers are very polite, what else can you say.
I am, my friends, a weary pilgrim, on a journey marked by both the sublime and the harrowing. It is a journey back to my youth of mercurial loves and self conscious awkwardness.
Who was I then, and who am I today? It is a changing landscape of past and the present day that seems to quiver in the air like a mirage over hot asphalt. I come to visit my parents grave where they rest ashen and mixed in their love. I come to morn the loss of two older siblings, the curse of reaching a certain age.
And I explore. I search out the ethos of the community, I look for the heart of this wildly different, yet essentially the same, season of my youth.
And I wander into the Ugly Mug and it is full of people there for open mic. As I listen to the music, I am struck by a feeling of easy, friendly support. The performers are comfortable there, so much more like old easy friends than simple musicians standing on a stage. I can feel their solid love for the crowd and the place is packed. Every face is engaged and every person seems glad to be there.
This such an interesting group, the sense of acceptance and support is palpable. It is idyllic in such a powerful and earth solid way. I am greeted by a barista so kind and open that I am a little confused. I find the menu a little daunting, a new language, a series of mysteries. I mumble, what I think I want is some kind of mocha, and without missing a beat she says, I can do that for you.
It was such a simple kindness. And it made me feel suddenly welcome. The mocha was strong and good and unapologetic. When taking my cup back to the bussing tray, I meet the proprietor and we talk briefly.
The man radiates kindness and goodwill like a beacon standing in the night. In a moment he made me feel as welcome as I have ever felt anywhere. He tells me I should come back sooner next time, and it makes my heart hurt with yearning for that simple eclectic, friendly establishment, on the corner of Soquel for all the world like the prow of a ship.
I can see that he is a kind of vortex of kindness that is irresistible. This place embodies him. I don’t know that I have ever, in my long travels, wanted so much to come back to a place. If I lived here, I would come often, I would try to share what they share. I would let the fabric of the place absorb me like water into bone dry wood.
It is the balm of Gilead, the spark of community, the oil upon the troubled waters. I could only believe that people have been coming here for years. That they have found a home that shines warm light into the cacophony of dark.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hack Vance
Great white mocha, super sweet to my dog.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Anna Soeiro
Rough around the edges in the best way; local place; good coffee, skip the matcha
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Annette Hilton
Local, local, local-- espresso drinks are good, super friendly staff, everyone seems happy to be there. So refreshing. Go here!
Kristina Nielsen
Fun atmosphere and my daughter loves the fish tank. One of the only places I know that serves black flower chai besides the white raven.
Ray of Frickin’ Sunshine lived up to its name! It was delicious! I will alway have to stop by when I’m in Soquel again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rad spot to get a good cup of coffee.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Found this place by accident.
Needed coffee.
The ladies behind the counter were amazingly helpful. Adara(?) has that aura glow and an amazing barista.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
I want to like this place so bad but everytime I go I order an iced oatmilk vanilla latte and it sucks. I was barista too, I don't understand why it's so hard! And then I try to get it fixed and the baristas are like mad and mean about it. I don't like it here anymore
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Fun little cafe with great coffee.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful local coffee shop and small music venue. Great coffee, teas, and hot chocolate. Delicious snacks as well. Great place to see local musicians, especially on open mic nights.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful. Friendly.
Great quality. Reasonable prices.
Best hot chocolate ever!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this place. My go-to cafe when I wanna just chill with a coffee or get some work done. Their mocha chai latte is my favorite. Customer service is always great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I love this place. I like the open mic night and love to contribute a couple of songs. The baristas are all really sweet. The coffee is great and I just keep rolling doubles. Don't forget to roll those dice!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Service is fast, the workers are very polite, what else can you say.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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I am, my friends, a weary pilgrim, on a journey marked by both the sublime and the harrowing.
It is a journey back to my youth of mercurial loves and self conscious awkwardness.
Who was I then, and who am I today? It is a changing landscape of past and the present day that seems to quiver in the air like a mirage over hot asphalt. I come to visit my parents grave where they rest ashen and mixed in their love. I come to morn the loss of two older siblings, the curse of reaching a certain age.
And I explore. I search out the ethos of the community, I look for the heart of this wildly different, yet essentially the same, season of my youth.
And I wander into the Ugly Mug and it is full of people there for open mic. As I listen to the music, I am struck by a feeling of easy, friendly support. The performers are comfortable there, so much more like old easy friends than simple musicians standing on a stage. I can feel their solid love for the crowd and the place is packed. Every face is engaged and every person seems glad to be there.
This such an interesting group, the sense of acceptance and support is palpable. It is idyllic in such a powerful and earth solid way.
I am greeted by a barista so kind and open that I am a little confused. I find the menu a little daunting, a new language, a series of mysteries. I mumble, what I think I want is some kind of mocha, and without missing a beat she says, I can do that for you.
It was such a simple kindness. And it made me feel suddenly welcome. The mocha was strong and good and unapologetic. When taking my cup back to the bussing tray, I meet the proprietor and we talk briefly.
The man radiates kindness and goodwill like a beacon standing in the night. In a moment he made me feel as welcome as I have ever felt anywhere. He tells me I should come back sooner next time, and it makes my heart hurt with yearning for that simple eclectic, friendly establishment, on the corner of Soquel for all the world like the prow of a ship.
I can see that he is a kind of vortex of kindness that is irresistible. This place embodies him.
I don’t know that I have ever, in my long travels, wanted so much to come back to a place.
If I lived here, I would come often, I would try to share what they share. I would let the fabric of the place absorb me like water into bone dry wood.
It is the balm of Gilead, the spark of community, the oil upon the troubled waters. I could only believe that people have been coming here for years. That they have found a home that shines warm light into the cacophony of dark.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great white mocha, super sweet to my dog.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Rough around the edges in the best way; local place; good coffee, skip the matcha
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Local, local, local-- espresso drinks are good, super friendly staff, everyone seems happy to be there. So refreshing. Go here!
Fun atmosphere and my daughter loves the fish tank. One of the only places I know that serves black flower chai besides the white raven.
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