Café Brio

SUCH a delicious cafe.

Outstanding pastries - I cannot recommend the chocolate croissant heated up more highly.

Also the lattes are lovely, including their chai which is a local blend.

There's a local cafe near the main square that's quite popular among the locals. The food they serve is simple, fresh, and delicious. It's worth noting that they don't offer table service, so customers are expected to clean up their tables after they finish their meals.

Absolutely love this place!! It's so hard to find good bread and this place definitely has legit bread and pastries. It's so good! Their lattes are amazing!

Such a lovely cafe in the city of Arcata. The pastries are good and so is the coffee. Whether you eat inside or outside, you get a lovely dining experience.

Yum yum and yum! I tried the chocolate croissant, it’s to die for! Cafe Brio is an open space, lots of room to socialize both indoors and out on their patio. They are located right off the main plaza in Arcata, a super convenient spot to be located at. Contactless menus and paying is available at this location. The service was very friendly, with smiling faces greeting you at the counter wishing you a good morning. Overall, I highly recommend this breakfast spot if you’re staying in Arcata!

HONESTLY, the tables can be a little grimey from the self-bussing and the line can be long on weekends, but the vegan burger was great (the onion-y ketchup could be sold by itself). I'm glad they had an option. The real shining star is the few cappuccinos I've had with oat milk. I don't know what kind of coffee they use, but it's the BEST one I've had up here and I've trialed most of the local coffee spots. I can't stop thinking about it- creamy, a little bitter, smooth.

Excellent breakfast and lunch options. Quality baked goods for those in a hurry, or hot breakfast if you're looking to sit down and relax. Solid vegetarian and vegan options (I had the potatoes+greens+tofu but was very tempted by the meatless croque madame.) Even the cookies are outstanding!

These people absolutely miss the mark when it comes to tipping. They remove all joy from “giving” by making it mandatory and automatic. First of all, this place is not cheap. Reaching behind you to grab a loaf of bread to go (already in a bag) does not warrant a dollar tip. Making a coffee- yes, that’s a service but grabbing something I could easy grab myself and charging me a dollar for that puts a bad taste in my mouth. If the guy had even greeted me properly, might’ve warranted that dollar but I got absolutely zero gratitude. Will definitely not come back here. Tips. Are. Optional!!! Very bad business practice by stealing from customers to make up for your lack of wages.

We stopped in for breakfast and this place is wonderful. The food, the service, the patio … it’s all part of the fun. My ideal breakfast is a croissant and coffee, so when I saw their options I had to try both a ham & cheese AND an almond croissant. I can’t tell you which one is better, but I can tell you they were both great. My gf had the market quiche and it was excellent too.

They also serve lunch, a different menu for Sunday brunch, and you can buy their bread by the loaf / baguette.

I’m still waiting for a call from the owner to explain why the prices displayed in the case, didn’t match the price charged. It took over a month, since brio raised the prices but neglected to raise the prices in the case. I was rudely hung up on and was told I was the only customer that noticed!