{"id":39850,"date":"2015-06-02T15:33:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T23:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/?p=39850"},"modified":"2019-02-02T03:46:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T11:46:50","slug":"merritt-station-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/merritt-station-cafe","title":{"rendered":"Best Espresso In Oakland &#8211; Merritt Station Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/merritt-station-cafe.jpg\" alt=\"merritt station coffee shop\" width=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-38145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/merritt-station-cafe.jpg 266w, https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/merritt-station-cafe-142x150.jpg 142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/>614 Grand Ave<br \/>\nMon &#8211; Fri 7am &#8211; 7:30pm<br \/>\nSat 8am &#8211; 5pm Closed Sunday<br \/>\n(510) 444-3400<br \/>\nFree WiFi<\/p>\n<p>This little coffee shop located on Grand Ave right by Lake Merritt is definitely my favorite place in Oakland for a triple espresso. If you know of something better please comment below so I can try it.<br \/>\n[insert]<br \/>\n<strong>Atmosphere<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s got a quiet atmosphere, a few tables, couches and a lot of flyers on the board for upcoming Oakland events and such. The venue is rather large and inviting and they offer free WiFi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food<\/strong><br \/>\nI have gotten chocolate croissants here a few times and they are not very fresh at all and not that good. I&#8217;m thinking they buy from somewhere like Costco.<br \/>\nThey also offer bagels and sandwiches and things of the like but I tend to be going to <a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/grand-lake-kitchen\" title=\"grand lake kitchen takeout\">Grand Lake Kitchen<\/a> when I&#8217;m in this area so I haven&#8217;t tried them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pluses<\/strong><br \/>\nGreat espresso, inviting atmosphere, maybe a good place to bring your laptop and work for a few hours.<br \/>\nNice staff, seems family owned and operated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bummers<\/strong><br \/>\nClosed Sundays!<br \/>\nNot so fresh food? Maybe I have had bad luck but I am not a fan of the croissants considering other amazing options in Oakland.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d3152.156142574675!2d-122.2494484!3d37.8098115!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x808f8746a0cb80dd%3A0x3c2b27a5a11a1d03!2s614+Grand+Ave!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1398976982357\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" style=\"border:0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>614 Grand Ave Mon &#8211; Fri 7am &#8211; 7:30pm Sat 8am &#8211; 5pm Closed Sunday (510) 444-3400 Free WiFi This little coffee shop located on Grand Ave right by Lake Merritt is definitely my favorite place in Oakland for a triple espresso. If you know of something better please comment below so I can try [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-restaurants","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}