Paolo Bicchieri is the associate editor for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest region writing about restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups. On October 4, San ...

After a long campaign from staffers for changes in the company’s culture, Eileen Rinaldi, the owner and founder of Ritual Roasters, responded in a June letter acknowledging mistakes in how incidents ...

Since so many San Francisco residents are from other states and cities, among any group of friends we all have to deal with someone saying that where they come from the _____ (fill in the blank) is ...

Ritual Coffee Roasters on Valencia Street. Photo by Annika Hom. Taken November 2021. When Ritual Coffee Company owner Eileen Rinaldi walked into the Napa location about a month ago, the staff expected ...

Coffee-related habits reflect an important aspect of our daily lives; it is not just a warm drink we sip in the morning but a social and cultural ritual shared by people worldwide. Many begin their ...

Workers at Ritual Coffee Roasters are speaking out over alleged issues at the company, including discomfort with their founder’s controversial husband Rinaldi’s husband, a frequent fixture at Ritual’s ...

John Rinaldi was overseeing a freelance construction project at the shop's warehouse when the incident occurred. Ritual Coffee Roasters/Instagram The owner of a San Francisco java joint has fired her ...