Kopi Bar and Bakery

Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “one of the best coffee shops in the San Francisco Bay Area,” Kopi Bar and Bakery (formerly Kopi Bar) is relocating to BAMPFA from its previous location next to Haron’s sister restaurant SanDai in Walnut Creek, bringing an Indonesian-inspired café with a distinctively Californian sensibility to Downtown Berkeley. Its relaunch at BAMPFA will add a major new fixture to Berkeley’s vibrant culinary scene, one block away from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station.In its new space at BAMPFA, Kopi Bar and Bakery will advance Haron’s longstanding practice of providing guests with a sophisticated culinary experience that blends the flavors of Indonesia and Singapore with California café culture and its very open dialogue about ingredient sourcing, how foods are produced, and culinary traditions and experimentation. The menu at BAMPFA will include a range of sustainably sourced espresso and cold brew coffee drinks—including Kopi Bar’s signature Avocado Coffee, acclaimed by Eater SF as one of the Bay Area’s most notable coffees and brewed with specialty locally oak wood roasted Indonesian-grown Arabica beans from Mr. Espresso—as well as sandwiches, salads, soups, handmade pastries, and snacks. In Chef Nora’s signature style, many of her pastries will begin with her ten-year sourdough starter, for depth of flavor. Items may include a Calamansi Olive Oil Cake; Klepon Swirls; Kaya Toast; Mushroom Melt Sandwich with House Sambal; Corn and Lemongrass Chowder with coconut milk, ginger, and cilantro oil; and Urab Salad (popular at SanDai), a Balinese-inspired salad of vegetables and toasted coconut.In partnership with BAMPFA, Haron plans to introduce artistically inspired seasonal offerings that correspond to specific exhibitions and film programs at the museum.