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Daily Grind the
Category: Food Coffee & Tea Coffee & Tea [Edit]
12900 Avenue of the GiantsMyers Flat, CA 95554
(707) 943-3969
- Hours:
Mon-Tue 7:30 am - 12 pm
Wed-Sun 7:30 am - 4 pm
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
8 reviews for Daily Grind the
8 reviews in English
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Review from Joy S.
Fairfax, CA
Updated - 8/27/2011
I am updating my earlier review and am making it 5 stars now. I had friends visiting from Germany in August and we took them up to the Big Trees and of course we had to come by and visit the Daily Grind.
We got there and Jerry was sitting outside ready to leave. He recognized us right away and smiled (yes he DID smile). He remembered that we were from Marin etc. and asked us if we wanted something to drink.
He opened the shop especially for us without attitude etc - so YES he can be a very nice and pleasant person, as we had already previously mentioned. He made us our drinks and this time my Mocha was perfect - temperature and all!
Oh and by the way - my girlfriend had to use the bathroom and he did tell us about the $500.000 bathrooms at the visitor center just down the road - and so off we went to enjoy a very pleasant pee in the new state of the art bathrooms just down the road...1 Previous Review: Show all »
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7/12/2011
My husband and I went to Mendocino and Humboldt County for Memorial Day week.
We stayed in a funky… Read more »
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Review from Ben F.
Novato, CA
8/21/2011
Great coffee, the staff was great (kind female college student.) Fun stuff to look at and puzzles to do while they make your coffee or tea drink. TOTALLY worth stopping at.
We made this our daily stop for real coffee while camping in the area. Also, the barista gave us super advice on local attractions.
I will stop here for coffee every time I drive through Myer's Flat. -
Review from Barney B.
Chicago, IL
11/17/2010
After camping overnight at Humboldt Redwood State Park, and enduring an ice-cold shower, I found this place in a tiny town on the Avenue of the Giants. Organic Coffee, said the sign.
First I purchased some beer and crap from the little grocery next door. Nice lady. They had Fat Tire!
The second I walked in The Daily Grind and saw the proprietor behind the counter, I realized that I had actually read the 4 reviews on Yelp the week before as I planned my trip. I had to chortle for a moment. I remembered the pic of him with the 'Sarcasm' sign.
"Uhhh, a large coffee please." Now mind you, I rarely go in a coffee shop for anything other than coffee, so I didn't look around or stare at the menu. Small rooms are overwhelming to me. Just coffee, please. Thank you.
He rang me up and tossed a quarter on the countertop. I looked at him momentarily, waiting for him to fetch my java juice....and he made an exaggerated motion towards a table with the coffee dispensers that were sitting 5 feet from me.
"Yeah, I'm an idiot," I said as I pumped out my java. (Actually, it was 7:36 am and I had *ahem* ingested some Humboldt Medicinal...for the migraines, you understand. Hey, I was on a 10-day vacation for shit's sake! Gimmee a break here.)
"It's a huge place!" said J.
"I bet in the summer months you get a lot of idiots."
"Yeah," he repeated. "It's a huge place."
And with that he bounded out of the place chasing some local yocal, shouting after him down the road. And that was that.
So I went outside and sipped my java and said hi to a couple of folks. Nice, kind people here. I dig it.
So I drove a few miles down the road and found a quiet place on the Eel River to park my car and eat some fruit and drink my coffee. I hiked awhile along the riverbank, freaking on the huge monster Redwoods and the beautiful, rustic scenery.
Great fuckin' coffee. Easily the best I had on my trip up and down the coast. Too bad J took off. He seemed interesting, to say the least. He's living a life I wouldn't mind having.
Oh, and the coffee is fantastic. -
Review from Barbara D.
Chicago, IL
9/22/2008
Pictographic little coffee shop in the middle of nowhere.
I was going to start bitching about something when I noticed the small sign hanging behind the counter: "$5 Charge for Whining." So I quickly shut the f*ck up!
I thought it was just me or maybe the guy behind the counter was having a bad day but after reading some of the reviews....nah, that's the 'ed debevik's' charm (or lack of it) of this place.
Short little snip of our conversation:
After entering and realizing that reading all the different mocha/latte/crapo flavors they had listed on their blackboard was starting to give me a headache I said:
"Do you have iced-coffee?"
The grinch: "What do you mean ICED?"
Me: "COLD"
The grinch turns around throws ice cubs into a cup, pours my coffee and hands it to me.
Well, for 2 bucks....whatever. Off I go.Comment from jessie M. of Daily Grind the 12/11/2009
Good Words, did you know that we have many other things to… More » -
Review from Amy B.
8/3/2007
Excellent coffee and tea in the middle of the Redwood Forest!
After a second night of camping (this time I slept in the back of a Honda Accord...) coffee was REALLY in order. We found this cute shop on the way back to the highway.
The coffee was great - but the owner/barista was very crabby. I've never experienced someone so put-off by making coffee (that is if they own the shop!).
On our way back to the campsite we stopped to ask the Ranger a question - she noticed the coffee and asked if the owner had been rude to us. She wanted to make sure it wasn't just HER that was on his bad side!
We paid over $10 for four delicious drinks.Listed in: Road Rules: Pacific Coast…
Comment from jessie M. of Daily Grind the 12/11/2009
Thanks for the 3 star rating, based on our great organic… More » -
Review from Lilly B.
Medford, MA
6/27/2009
Being a coffee addict and having lived in a suburb of a big city for most of my life, it was refreshing to visit a coffee shop that wasn't an impersonal chain. I've read the other reviews and my experience was quite different! Not to mention some of the best or the best coffee (maybe the organic thing does make a difference?) the man at the counter actually joked with us and guided us towards the better things to do- invaluable advice !!!!
The Service: It wasn't a corporate experience!!! I think that's what the other people wanted! If you're looking for local advice and someone who will joke around with you instead of the monotonous "can i take your order, sir?" then this is the place for you! The guy (owner?) at the counter opened up (we were polite though- shouldn't that be expected?) and gave us tips (skip the drive-thru tree, go to this place for free range burgers, stop here to see the redwoods, and talked a lot about some reggae festival that I can't remember the name of....) Definitely made our trip better! He's got a great sense of humor - I just wished there was more- or one by me at home but then it would lose it's charm!!!
The Coffee: All organic and a wide variety! Starbucks, or 'starsucks' as the man I think was the owner referred to it as, has awful plain coffee. I was road tripping with my best friend from high school and she, being a health freak, got a delicious mango smoothie with fresh fruit.
The Place: The walls are a comfy yellow brown and the shop exudes personality. Funny signs like "you can sleep when you're dead" and a map to mark where you're from coat the walls.
Definitely a must-stop on the long way down through the redwoods inbetween Eureka and San Fran! -
Review from jim g.
Walnut Creek, CA
5/26/2009
My family and I were camping at the spectacular Humboldt Redwoods State Park, this place is right outside of it. I asked if I could get an iced coffee. The woman behind the counter says," Sure, I could do that." Which makes me think she's going to pour hot coffee over ice. I ask her, and she says no, its cold coffee. The owner says we can make it that way if you want, but there's an edge to his voice and he's been crabbing at the woman and another guy since I walked in. No biggie, the iced coffee was expensive, but OK. The next day we stop there again, my 4 year old was having a bathroom emergency and I needed a coffee. Kid starts saying he can't hold it any longer. I poke my head in see there's no way there's a bathroom in there. Kids dancing around, the owner walks up. I ask him if there's a bathroom nearby. "Hellloooooo" he yells. Its true, i didn't make small talk, but didn't want my kid peeing on his doorstep. "Across the street behind the laundromat" he mumbles and starts walking away. I look across the street, there's a hotel or something. I look down the way, don't see it. I say, "laundromat?" "ACROSS THE STREET BEHIND THE LAUNDROMAT!" he says. I finally see the place and say "Thanks, you're a SUPER nice guy." He turns around and says, "You're the guy who didn't even say hello before asking to use my restroom, so don't give me that crap!" Wow...
I let my kid pull down his pants and pee on his driveway.
I see now that the other two reviews also mention the fact that he was a jerk. Glad its not just me.Comment from jessie M. of Daily Grind the 11/15/2009
Nice story, have you ever thought about writing a book? I… More » -
Review from Amber G.
Santa Barbara, CA
9/27/2009
Ok so I see everyone else experienced this miserable wanker of a guy. In addition, he 's a hunter and proudly displays a photo of the deer he killed on the front of his counter. If you have any compassion for animals then drive to the next town.....he ain't the coffee guy around.
