An advantage of living in Riverside is the accessibility of local coffee shops right around the corner, and a new business is set to join the pool. With 13 coffee options in Downtown alone, Café de Oro Aztecas will add a unique cultural perspective to the scene.
Ricardo Gallegos, owner of Café de Oro Aztecas, originally sold coffee through pop-ups but realized he was missing the satisfaction of developing relationships with customers. He also started to realize that customers wanted his coffee during times when he wasn’t selling.
In 2020, Gallegos moved to California from New Orleans, where he was previously working on cargo ships. However, his thoughts still drifted back to a place he once lived in Veracruz, Mexico…