02/27/2025
Dear Rasa Caffe Community and Friends,
Thank you immensely for your generous financial support. Your contributions of $18,610 toward our $50,000 goal, are beyond appreciated.
It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that Rasa Caffe will be closing its doors on March 30. Despite my best efforts, the challenges to my health and my inability to reach the fundraising goal make it impossible to continue operations.
I am deeply grateful for the kindness and love you have shown Rasa Caffe over the past eleven years. We began as a small cafe in South Berkeley where we quickly became a destination in the neighborhood. The café was bustling each day and many of our regular customers became dear friends. We weathered the COVID years together, and managed to create something beautiful with our loyal loving community.
In the spring of 2023, due to circumstances outside our control, we were no longer able to remain in the space we called home for nearly 10 years. I thought that this would be the end of Rasa Caffe. However, I was incredibly grateful to be given a second chance when we relocated to downtown Oakland. Unfortunately now, with my current health concerns, the reality of operating in this new location, coupled with the current economic climate, keeping the cafe open is no longer sustainable.
I hope we can make the most of our remaining time together. Keeping busy will help the three incredible Rasa Caffe employees transition as smoothly as possible. Our two wonderful baristas and hard working, efficient manager will be looking for new opportunities. If you know of available positions, we would greatly appreciate your help in connecting them to their next opportunity.
If you have remaining balances on your gift cards, now is a great time to use them.
While this may be the end of this chapter of Rasa Caffe, you never know what life has in store. Thank you for being a part of this beautiful chapter. Again, I am deeply grateful.
With love and gratitude,
Rasa Mott
Rasa Caffe
