Noyo Center opens Slack Tide Café for coffee, pastries, and learning in the harbor

FORT BRAGG, CA, 9/4/22 — On a misty but beautiful morning in Fort Bragg, the long-awaited Slack Tide Café is open for business. Barking sea lions are visible from the deck, somersaulting in the water and chowing down on some fish. The person in line ahead of this reporter exclaimed, “I’m so glad I can bring my own reusable mug!” 

This is not your average pit stop for baked goods and coffee. The Noyo Center for Marine Science, a leading marine education organization and a cornerstone of blue economy goals for Fort Bragg, bought the building (and christened it Carine’s Landing) with support from donors back in February. Since then, staff and “an incredible volunteer network” have spent time buffing, scrubbing, painting, and coordinating all the behind-the-scenes needed for opening day last weekend.