CAFÉ X: By Any Beans Necessary

Café X is a worker-owned coffee shop and co-op that will enrich our member-owners, pass on communal wealth and knowledge, and provide welcoming space to organize and learn from one another. With your help, we will become a permanent venue for coffee, community-based events and local educational support for community members. We want to work with people who are willing and able to share expertise and increase equalization of knowledge in the community. The relationships between us are equitable and cooperative.

After a cost analysis, we have determined that it would take over $26,000 to get up and running for the first three months. This would cover our daily operating costs, equipment, supplies, and labor. Through our earlier efforts we were able to secure funding to cover some of our start up expenses. With more support from backers like you, we will be able to open up our doors to the community this fall.

(Read the article on SDVoyager.com )

We will place our values front in center in everything we do.

Our core values are:


Authenticity Always

Quality through Care

Connected Community

Creative Collaboration

Integrity from the Root


These values will be the epicenter of the work as we create ripples that will turn into waves among our community.


We are a venue that goes beyond the high-volume commercialized coffee consumption that is currently the only option in Encanto for those who want to consume coffee. We aim to revitalize a tradition of community-owned gathering venues that have been displaced by corporate-driven redevelopment initiatives.

The collective community can provide goods and services corporate cannot. These goods and services are points of connection and include branded, personally sourced brands of coffee, a library, locally produced merchandise, locally sourced foodstuffs and educational, cultural and creative programs with our nonprofit partners. The possibilities are endless.

Café X is open to collaboration with cooperative members and partners in the community as well as community participation in the form of an advisory board, employment opportunities, and vendor opportunities. We want to break ground with a complete build-out of The Community Spot at 6443 Imperial Avenue in Fall/Winter of this year.


A coffee shop is not a new idea. Nor is a bookstore or library. With your help, we can make their mark... by any beans necessary.


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$25-49: 

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$50:

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$100:

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