Shapeshifters Café

Shapeshifters Café is a locally owned neighborhood cafe that serves breakfast featuring organic eggs and lunch featuring sandwiches on fresh baked bread, healthy and hearty salads, and locally roasted coffee and espresso and a selection of house blended teas, plus a selection of beer from our sister-brewery and wine. We invite you to come in, relax and enjoy delicious food and drinks with us.

Shapeshifters Café is a cafe in Oakland, California. It is listed at 571 5th St, Oakland, CA 94607, which places it among the local businesses of Oakland that residents and visitors turn to when they need this kind of service close by. Besides its main category, the business also describes itself as breakfast restaurant, coffee shop, espresso bar, so it may cover more than the name suggests.

Coffee in the United States is served by three kinds of places: national chains with drive-thrus and mobile ordering, independent neighborhood cafes that double as a workspace or a meeting spot, and specialty shops that roast their own beans or buy single-origin lots and brew them by pour-over, espresso or cold brew. Most open between 6 and 7 a.m. on weekdays, slightly later on weekends, and the busiest hour is the commute rush before 9. A drip coffee runs a few dollars, espresso drinks and specialty pours more, and tipping a dollar or a percentage on the card reader is customary but not required. Nearly every cafe offers free Wi-Fi, though some limit laptop seating at peak times or on weekends, and outlets are often the scarce resource.

The business lists hours on 7 days of the week. Typical hours are 6 am–2 pm. As with most places, expect changes around holidays; the phone number below is the fastest way to confirm. You can reach Shapeshifters Café at (510) 836-1234; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. More information is available on its website, shapeshifterscafe.com.

Customers rate it 4.6 out of 5 on Google across 118 reviews, placing it among the better-regarded cafes in Oakland.

Oakland is in California, on the West Coast, where the climate ranges from foggy coast to hot inland valleys, wildfire season can affect air quality in late summer, and traffic is the main thing to plan around. Traffic in Oakland peaks on weekday mornings and afternoons, so allow extra time then. Addresses read from the street number up to the city, state abbreviation and five-digit ZIP code; the map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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