Coffee shops in Ventura, CA
Every shop here is open and doing something right, so treat it like a coffee crawl through Ventura, in person or virtually: study how each bar is laid out, read the menu, and get a feel for the brand from their own site. Shops that roast their own beans are marked.
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Coffee shops & roasters
Crawl these cafes and roasters for bar layout, menu, and brand ideas.
- 4.6(750)luckyllamacoffee.com
- PalermoCafe4.5(744)palermocoffee.com
- Café FicelleCafe4.5(735)cafeficelle.com
- Surfers Point CaféCafe4.2(576)
- 4.7(516)immigrantsoncaffe.com
- 4.5(510)prospectcoffee.com
- 4.7(377)simonescoffee.com
- 4.5(367)ragamuffinroasters.com
- 4.5(361)coffeebean.com
- 4.7(338)palmandboycoffee.com
- 4.9(334)cafedolcevita.us
- 4.7(286)beaconcoffee.com
- Frontside CafeCafe4.6(279)frontsidecafe.com
- Tatiana's Coffee & TeaCafe4.9(277)
- 4.8(258)coffeealamode1.com
- Kaapicat CafeCafe4.6(229)kaapicatcafe.com
- 4.3(224)singingsuncoffee.com
- 4.2(200)laidrey.com
Coffee carts
Coffee carts, trucks, and trailers working this market — a lower-overhead way in.
- Welcome Coffee CartMobile cart5.0(2)welcomecoffee.co
- Trailer Trash Coffee CoMobile cart5.0(1)trailertrashcoffeeco.com
Ventura market snapshot
The customer base behind the coffee scene — who lives here, what they earn, and how many coffee shops already serve them. Use it to size up demand before you commit.
Ventura has 18.2 coffee shops per 100k residents. That's above the directory median of 6.3 — a crowded scene where differentiation matters.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates (via Census Reporter), 2024 release. Coffee-shop density is ShopLaunch directory data. Figures describe the Census place (San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA); college, airport, industry, and other signals are coming in a later pass.
Similar coffee markets
Cities whose demographics most resemble Ventura, ranked by an objective match across population, income, age, education, unemployment, commute, and coffee-shop density. A close model for what might work here.
- Pasadena, CA136,969 people$105,192 median incomeClose on household income & market size
- Honolulu, HI345,482 people$86,504 median incomeClose on college-educated share & unemployment
- St. Petersburg, FL262,732 people$75,192 median incomeClose on unemployment & college-educated share
- Bend, OR103,390 people$96,394 median incomeClose on market size & coffee-shop density
Permits in Ventura
Most coffee shops, carts, and trailers in Ventura fall under Ventura County, where the County of Ventura Environmental Health Division issues the food and mobile-vending permits you need to open. The county guide lays out the exact permits, offices, and fees in the order to tackle them.
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