Recovery Cafe San Jose is a healing community for those who have been traumatized by addiction, homelessness, and mental health challenges. The Café provides the kind of resources and relationships that provide stability and healing. We recognize that recovery is at the root of both preventing and ending homelessness. For those who have successfully transitioned from the streets, the long-term support and loving community provided by the Cafe is crucial to remaining housed and sober.
Membership is free, and open to all. The requirements to maintain one’s membership are:
Recovery Circles – small weekly peer support and accountability groups – form the basis of our program. Through the Circles, each member comes to be deeply known and supported by at least one staff member or volunteer facilitator.
Recovery Circles promote healing through:
School for Recovery courses are each eight weeks in length, and go in-depth into topics of recovery/addiction, life skills, inner healing, and healthy living.
The courses in any semester may include:
Job Skills Training Opportunities – Our newly renovated commercial kitchen and new coffee/espresso bar present opportunities for members to train alongside our expert chefs and baristas.
Through this training members:
Meaningful Daily Activities make up the rest of each day’s schedule, and may include:
Community Meals frame each day and there’s always plenty of coffee.
Latte Hour available to members daily to enjoy a delicious latte, mocha, or cappuccino!
New Member Introduction sessions take place each Tuesday at 1 pm – Please arrive by 12:30 to sign-in and get lunch, and plan to stay till 2 pm.
Our Hours: We are currently open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 12:00-6:00, and Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00-4:30.